![]() "Relational self-construal" is the extent to which you include other people into how you view yourself. Relational self-construal - including others into one's views of self. ![]() What this does mean, however, is that verbal disclosure (how we typically define "coming out") has nothing to do with how gay Latino men express their authentic, "true" self. This is not to suggest that feelings of authenticity do not improve well-being for gay Latino men they do. For gay Latino men, verbal disclosure (either low or high) had no effect on their feelings of authenticity. However, this pattern did not emerge for gay Latino men. If you do tell others, you are "finally expressing the real you," which leads to a host of beneficial outcomes in this case, higher well-being. If you don't tell others, you are hiding. This makes sense when you think about the experience of being gay. We found evidence that for gay white men, the more they verbally disclosed their gay identity to others, the more they felt they were showing their true, authentic selves, which in turn predicted greater well-being. But why does verbal disclosure affect the well-being of gay white and Latino men differently? We examined two possible reasons feelings of authenticity and endorsement of a relational self-construal (don't worry, I'll explain this below).
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