Background Research that investigates the negative health effects of stigma beyond the
individual and interpersonal levels is increasingly using the concept of “structural stigma.” …

Although research on the relationship between marriage and subjective well-being (SWB)
has been a principal focus in social sciences, research that takes cultural contextual effects …

In China, women who are childless or have children outside of heterosexual marriage are
generally stigmatized. Consequently, Chinese sexual minority women are challenged for …

Young Chinese gay men are at a high risk of suicide and experience severe culture-related
sexual minority stigma. Little research has investigated the relation between sexual minority …

Abstract The Fear of Being Single Scale (FOBS) is a widely used measure of the fear of
being single, but its applicability to Chinese populations has not been established. This …

Historically, Confucianism has been interpreted within a collectivist culture that reinforces
heterosexual family structures, which has contributed to the stigmatization of Chinese …

Previous research has demonstrated that stigma is strongly related to depressive symptoms
among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, data are limited regarding the …

Previous research revealed that internalized heteronormativity was positively associated
with the concealment of sexual orientation, but studies rarely examined the association …

Over the past two decades, global media audiences have witnessed the development of a
phenomenon known as Pan-East Asian soft masculinities, present in Japanese, Chinese …

Abstract Background In China, research on the mental health of transgender populations is
increasingly prevalent; however, there is a lack of localized psychological measurement …