Citation
Weeks, Steven Douglas (2022). The Impact of Multiple Minority Statuses on Allostatic Load Scores for Sexual Minorities.
Abstract
This study explores intersectional identities among sexual minorities and examines factors that influence the accumulation of risk to health over the life course. An allostatic load (AL) score is a measurement compiled from biomarkers that captures and measures the effects of persistent health insults over time. Data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) were used to create AL scores from biomarkers collected from individuals during young adulthood and middle age. AL scores are analyzed longitudinally using a generalized estimating equation and a linear mixed model to identify individual process, intra-social contexts, structural inequities and systemic repressions that are protective or adverse to health for sexual minorities with intersecting identities. Compared to straight white men, recent research has shown that gay white men acquire enhanced privilege and access to resources that lead to improved AL scores, which are not available to straight men or to women and racial/ethnic minorities who are additionally penalized for having intersectional minoritized statuses resulting in higher AL scores.
URL
https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/impact-multiple-minority-statuses-on-allostatic/docview/2704056562/se-2Keyword(s)
Sexual minorities
Reference Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Author(s)
Weeks, Steven Douglas
Series Author(s)
Sparks, Johnelle
Year Published
2022
Volume Number
PhD
Pages
121
Publisher
The University of Texas at San Antonio
City of Publication
United States -- Texas
ISSN/ISBN
9798841760948
DOI
9798841760948
Reference ID
10394
Miscellaneous
29325834
