Social isolation has been recognized as a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in
humans for more than a quarter of a century. Although the focus of research has been on …

Social isolation has been recognized as a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in
humans for more than a quarter century. The brain is the key organ of social connections and …

Research involving nonhuman primates (NHPs) has played a vital role in many of the medical
and scientific advances of the past century. NHPs are used because of their similarity to …

In a two-wave national telephone survey, a probability sample of English-speaking adults
indicated their attitudes toward gay men at Wave 1 (1990-91; n = 538) and toward both gay …

… GM Herek conceived and designed the study, with assistance from JP Capitanio. GM
Herek, JP Capitanio, and KF Widaman jointly planned the data analyses. JP Capitanio and KF …

… Readers interested in a more detailed analysis of the latter group are referred to another
article (Herek & Capitanio, in press), wherein we presented detailed results from the larger …

This article presents national survey data to assess the extent to which AIDS-related stigma
remains linked to public attitudes toward homosexuality in the United States. Most …

Sociality permeates each of the fundamental motives of human existence and plays a critical
role in evolutionary fitness across the lifespan. Evidence for this thesis draws from research …

The pervasiveness of stigma in the United States related to the acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) was assessed in telephone interviews with a general adult sample (n = 538…

… Given the strong linkage in the United States between AIDS stigma and negative attitudes
toward gay and bisexual men (eg, Herek & Capitanio, 1999a), it may be especially important …