在LGBTQ人群中内化恐惧症,社区连接,外向和心理健康风险和保护.
Nursing research
|August 5, 2024
概括
在LGBTQ个体中,心理健康是复杂的. 诸如社区联系和内化恐惧症等因素在各个子组中不同影响抑郁和焦虑,需要量身定制的支持.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别者和酷尔 (LGBTQ) 个体的心理健康受到社区联系,外在和内化恐惧症的影响.
- 这些因素经常被孤立地研究,并对LGBTQ社区作为一个整体进行了研究,潜在地掩盖了子组特定的影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查在特定的LGBTQ小组中心理健康 (抑郁和焦虑) 和风险/保护因素 (内化恐惧症,社区连接,外在) 之间的关联.
- 为了确定这些因素对心理健康的影响是否在不同的LGBTQ身份上有所不同.
主要方法:
- 一个大型的美国全国性样本 (N=1,030) 的LGBTQ个人完成了一个匿名的在线调查.
- 参与者回答了调查问卷,评估了社区联系,外向,内化同性恋恐惧症/变性恐惧症,焦虑和抑郁症.
主要成果:
- 大多数LGBTQ子组报告的抑郁和焦虑症状超过了临床切线.
- 较低的外在程度和更高的内在恐惧症与增加的抑郁和焦虑相关.
- 更强大的社区联系通常与更严重的焦虑和抑郁症状有关,各个子组的变化.
结论:
- 风险和保护因素与LGBTQ子组的心理健康结果有不同的关联.
- 调查结果强调,需要单独分析LGBTQ子组,同时考虑多个因素,以了解独特的贡献.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明特定的LGBTQ心理健康风险和不同子组内的保护因素.
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