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Delucio Villicana & Biernat (2020) Verbal Disclosure and Mental Health (Pre-Print).pdf
(2020)
Abstract
We examined the relationship between verbal disclosure of sexual orientation and mental health among gay Latino and gay White men. In Study 1, we recruited 164 gay Latino (N = 81) and gay White (N = 83) men via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Participants completed measures assessing the degree to which they verbally disclose their gay identity to others as well as depression and anxiety symptoms. Increased verbal disclosure predicted better mental health among gay White men only; no statistically significant relationships emerged among gay Latinos. In Study 2, we recruited 281 gay Latino (N = 130) and gay White (N = 151) men via MTurk and show that feelings of shame and guilt independently mediated the relationship between verbal disclosure and mental health. Among gay White men, increased verbal disclosure predicted less shame and guilt, which predicted better mental health. These relationships did not emerge for gay Latinos.
Keywords
- Gay Men,
- Coming Out,
- Nonverbal Disclosure,
- Mental Health,
- Sexual Orientation
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Citation Information
Kevin Delucio, Adrian Villicana and Monica Biernat. "Delucio Villicana & Biernat (2020) Verbal Disclosure and Mental Health (Pre-Print).pdf" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dradrian-villicana/5/