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SUBMITTER: Choi KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5233551 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Kyung-Hee KH Steward Wayne T WT Miège Pierre P Gregorich Steven E SE
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20170201 2
<h4>Objective</h4>We examined the mediating roles of coping, depression, anxiety, and encountering difficult sexual situations in explaining the association between stigma against men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV risk.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted path analyses using longitudinal data collected from 493 Chinese MSM in Beijing at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months from 2011 to 2013.<h4>Results</h4>MSM stigma, specifically anticipations of stigma, had a marginally significant, protective tota ...[more]