性少数派の青少年における内向的なホモフォビア,自尊心,精神的健康に関するメディエーション分析: 繰り返し実施された研究
Hyunmin Yu1, Jennifer T Tran1, Stephen Bonett1
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Youth & society
|August 29, 2025
まとめ
内向的なホモフォビアは 性的少数派の若者の 精神的健康を害します 特に人種・少数民族の若者の不安や鬱から 保護された高い自尊心
科学分野:
- 心理学
- メンタルヘルスの研究
- 青少年 の 健康
背景:
- 内部化されたホモフォビア (IH) は,性少数派男性 (ASMM) の不良な精神的健康結果と関連しています.
- 自尊心がASMMのメンタルヘルスの保護因子であると理論化されています.
- これらのダイナミクスを理解することは,ターゲットを絞った支援の開発に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- ASMMにおける内在的なホモフォビア,自尊心,精神的健康 (うつ病,不安) の間の縦断的な関係を調査する.
- 自己評価と精神的健康との関連における自己評価の仲介的役割を検討する.
- 特に人種や民族に関する潜在的サブグループ違いを探求する.
主な方法:
- 繰り返し測定する研究設計が採用された.
- 599人のASMM (平均年齢16.2) のデータを分析するために,縦方向構造方程式モデリングを使用した.
- 参加者は主に人種や少数民族 (75.6%) でした.
主要な成果:
- 早期の自尊心が高かったと,不安やうつ病の症状が低かったことが分かりました.
- 自尊心のメディエーション経路は統計的に有意ではなかった.
- 自尊心は,人種および民族の少数派ASMMに対する不安に対する重要な保護効果を示したが,非ヒスパニックの白人ASMMについてはそうではなかった.
結論:
- 自尊心はASMMの不安と鬱を緩和する重要な要因です.
- 介入は,多様な人種や民族の背景を持つASMMの特定のニーズを考慮する必要があります.
- メンタルヘルスに合わせた支援は この集団の福祉を向上させるのに不可欠です
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