Assessment of Life Stress in Gay and Bisexual Men with the Gay Affect and Life Events Scale

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ID3640526
AuthorsJames Peller Malcolm (Western Sydney University, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume42
Issue4
Pages135-144
Publication date2002-07-31
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v42n04_09
PMID12243481
OpenAlexW2089641624
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

The Gay Affect and Life Events Scale (GALES) was administered to a sample of gay-identified and non-gay-identified behaviourally bisexual married men (n = 186) and a comparative sample of never-married gay-identified men (n = 33). All participants in the study reported moderate levels of life stress in the preceding six months. No significant differences were found between the ever-married and never-married groups on the Overall Stress Value Score (OSV) of the GALES. Among the ever-married, those who identified as gay/homosexual reported significantly higher life stress than those who identified as bisexual. No differences were found within the ever-married between those who remained with their heterosexual partner and those who had separated. Difficulties in the use of the Nott and Vedhara (1995) version of the GALES with both gay men and populations of behaviourally bisexual men are reported

Affect (linguistics · Developmental psychology · Homosexuality · Minority stress · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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