id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_qctzfpbpwfhl3akxiug73rumvq David J. Lick Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities 2013 29 .pdf application/pdf 24372 5729 71 Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals suffer serious mental health disparities relative to their heterosexual peers, In this article, we review empirical findings related to LGB physical health disparities and argue that such which minority stress gets under the skin to affect longterm physical health for LGB individuals. Although recent research has forged a tenable association between minority stress and LGB physical health, the The model indicates that the association between sociocultural stressors and sexual minority health is mediated through appraisal processes, psychological and physiological stress physical health in sexual minority communities, but existing findings suggest that LGB individuals who live in stigmatizing environments are frequently exposed to has linked sociocultural stressors to factors that are theoretically related to LGB physical health (e.g., psychological distress) based on data from the general population. link social experiences to LGB physical health are psychological and behavioral in nature. ./cache/work_qctzfpbpwfhl3akxiug73rumvq.pdf ./txt/work_qctzfpbpwfhl3akxiug73rumvq.txt