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Previous research has shown that many lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals are confronted with violence directed against them due to their sexual minority orientation. This study examines mental health correlates of verbal, physical, material, and sexual homophobic violence, and investigates whether mental health outcomes differ between sexual minority men and women. In total 1,402 Flemish sexual minority individuals participated in a non-representative online survey. Of the respondents, 916 were male and 486 were female. Stepwise regression analyses show that having experienced homophobic violence is related to lowered self-esteem, worse mental health, heightened feelings of insecurity, and heightened stigma consciousness concerning sexual minority orientation. These mental health outcomes only differ minimally between men and women.
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self-esteem, mental health, stigma consciousness, internalized homonegativity, Homophobic violence

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D’haese, Lies, et al. “Gender Differences in Mental Health Correlates of Homophobic Violence.” Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts, 2015.
APA
D’haese, L., Dewaele, A., & Van Houtte, M. (2015). Gender differences in mental health correlates of homophobic violence. Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts. Presented at the Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
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D’haese, Lies, Alexis Dewaele, and Mieke Van Houtte. 2015. “Gender Differences in Mental Health Correlates of Homophobic Violence.” In Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts.
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D’haese, Lies, Alexis Dewaele, and Mieke Van Houtte. 2015. “Gender Differences in Mental Health Correlates of Homophobic Violence.” In Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts.
Vancouver
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D’haese L, Dewaele A, Van Houtte M. Gender differences in mental health correlates of homophobic violence. In: Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts. 2015.
IEEE
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L. D’haese, A. Dewaele, and M. Van Houtte, “Gender differences in mental health correlates of homophobic violence,” in Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts, Chicago, USA, 2015.
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  abstract     = {{Previous research has shown that many lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals are confronted with violence directed against them due to their sexual minority orientation. This study examines mental health correlates of verbal, physical, material, and sexual homophobic violence, and investigates whether mental health outcomes differ between sexual minority men and women. In total 1,402 Flemish sexual minority individuals participated in a non-representative online survey. Of the respondents, 916 were male and 486 were female. Stepwise regression analyses show that having experienced homophobic violence is related to lowered self-esteem, worse mental health, heightened feelings of insecurity, and heightened stigma consciousness concerning sexual minority orientation. These mental health outcomes only differ minimally between men and women.}},
  author       = {{D'haese, Lies and Dewaele, Alexis and Van Houtte, Mieke}},
  booktitle    = {{Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil : Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century,The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting, Abstracts}},
  keywords     = {{self-esteem,mental health,stigma consciousness,internalized homonegativity,Homophobic violence}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Chicago, USA}},
  title        = {{Gender differences in mental health correlates of homophobic violence}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}