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Social Support, Stress and Emotional Symptoms Among LGBTQ+ College Students in Chile
Carolina Alexandra Adelina Chambi-Martínez1, Esteban Iván Moraga-Escobar1,2, Gonzalo Alberto Peralta-Jiménez1
1Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Objective:
to compare the relationships between emotional symptomatology and perceived social support according to gender identity and sexual orientation in LGBTQ+ university students.
Methods:
322 Chilean LGBTQ+ college students answered an online survey based on sociodemographic information and validated instruments. Analysis of variance and linear regressions were made.
Results:
Transgender people have more emotional symptoms and stress and less perceived social support from family than the rest of LGBTQ+ students. Depression and anxiety are negatively associated with perceived social support from friends and family.
Conclusions:
Perceived social support decreases emotional symptomatology even when controlling for current stress in LGBTQ+ students.
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