“…Specifically, the model suggests that stigma-related stressors make sexual minorities more vulnerable to general risk factors such as emotion dysregulation [ 32 ]. The PMF has until now been applied to the study of LGBTQ health inequalities, by postulating that both general stressors and minority specific factors contribute to health inequality in this population and that the effect of minority stress on well-being is mediated by psychosocial variables such as feelings of hopelessness, low self-esteem, social isolation and emotion dysregulation [ 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]. So far, a body of research has focused particularly on emotion dysregulation, which has been reported to mediate the relationship between minority stress, and in particular internalized homonegativity, and psychological distress [ 37 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ].…”