Associations between Local and State Structural Stigma, Minority stress, and Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of Sexual Minority Adolescents - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Structural stigma, which includes policies and attitudes that mark minorities for discrimination, contributes to sexual minority adolescents’ (SMA) stress and mental health disparities, yet the relati...

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Structural stigma at the county and state level increases minority stress and mental health symptoms among sexual minority adolescents. Supportive local policies can reduce stress and protect mental health, even in unsupportive states.
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