LGBTQ+ People's Mental Health and Pets: Novel Strategies of Coping and Resilience.
Health disparities persist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ+)-identified people, often shaped by minority stress through anti-LGBTQ+ stigma. Resilience and coping are important for LGBTQ+ people widely, especially through social supports, but further examination is needed...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 3065 - 3078 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2021
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