Extending the Minority Stress Model to Incorporate HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men’s Experiences: a Longitudinal Examination of Mental Health and Sexual Risk Behavior

Abstract

We identified two targets of behavioral interventions that may lead to improvements in mental health and reductions in sexual transmission risk behaviors-maladaptive cognitions underlying negative self-schemas and difficulties with emotion regulation. Techniques for cognitive restructuring and emotion regulation may be particularly useful in the development of interventions that are sensitive to the needs of this population while also highlighting the important role that structural interventions can have in preventing these disparities for future generations.