The identity group as a source of social influence for individuals with concealable stigmatized identities.

Many people who are stigmatized along concealable features (e.g., sexual minorities or people with mental illness) anticipate social rejection due to their features and associated labels, and these beliefs are a prominent predictor of psychological distress.

Examining Stigmatizing Beliefs about PrEP Use among Black Sexual Minority Men: A Test of Explanatory Mechanisms.

Stigma often is cited as a barrier to the uptake and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV among Black sexual minority men (SMM). Socialized gender norms (i.e.

Rejection-identification and increased use of geosocial networking apps to meet male sexual partners among Black men who have sex with men.

The use of geosocial networking (GSN) apps to meet male sexual partners may contribute to HIV infection risk for Black men who have sex with men (MSM), but the psychosocial underpinnings of this behavior are not understood. In social psychology, the Rejection-Identification Model posits that identification with a socially stigmatized group emerges as a means of coping in response to perceived stigmatization-which can shape behavior. This study tested the Rejection-Identification process as a facilitator of increased use of GSN apps to meet male sexual partners among Black MSM who use these apps.

A New Era of HIV Risk: It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know (and How Infectious).

HIV is transmitted in social and sexual relationships, and HIV transmission risks, as well as protective actions, are evolving as HIV epidemics unfold. The current focus of HIV prevention is centered on antiretroviral medications used to reduce HIV infectiousness in persons already infected with HIV [treatment as prevention (TasP)]. The same medications used to treat infected persons can also be used by uninfected persons as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the infectivity of HIV.

Linguistic correlates of the Communication Patterns Questionnaire: The correspondence of language and quantitative measures of perceived communication patterns among emerging adult gay male couples.

Up to two-thirds of new HIV infections among sexual minority men are estimated to occur within main partnerships, with the greatest burden among younger partners ages 18 to 29. Various interpersonal processes, such as perceived communication patterns, influence HIV behavioral health among these couples. Although they represent correlates of health for gay couples, it is unclear how these abstract dynamics manifest in the context of everyday speech.