探索LGBTQA+年轻人的应对策略,当导航自杀思想和行为时
Larissa Marion1,2,3, Elizabeth A Newnham1,4,5, Helen Morgan3
1School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Journal of homosexuality
|August 15, 2024
概括
女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别,酷尔和/或无性恋 (LGBTQA+) 青年面临更高的自杀念头率. 这项研究表明,他们的应对策略往往受到有限的心理健康素养和支持环境中的歧视的阻碍.
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,酷尔和/或无性恋 (LGBTQA+) 青少年的自杀想法和行为比他们的异性恋和 cisgender 同龄人要高得多.
- 了解LGBTQA+年轻人的应对机制对于开发有针对性的心理健康干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索LGBTQA+年轻人经历自杀思想和行为时使用的应对策略的第一手记录.
- 为了确定障碍物和促进者,以有效应对在这个人群.
主要方法:
- 一项定性研究涉及27名澳大利亚LGBTQA+年轻人 (年龄14至25岁),他们有过自杀念头或自杀企图.
- 分析了半结构面试,使用反射主题分析来确定关键主题.
主要成果:
- 四个主要主题出现了:"这是关于旅程,而不是目的地","与他人联系","当我知道更好的时候,我更好地应对",和"用我所拥有的做最好的事情.
- 应对策略因缺乏心理健康素养和对可用资源的了解而受到限制.
- 在支持环境中的歧视以及缺乏了解性别和性多样性的临床医生构成了重大障碍.
结论:
- 在LGBTQA+年轻人中提高心理健康素养至关重要.
- 改善临床医生对性别和性多样性的知识对于提供有效支持至关重要.
- 干预措施应旨在增加LGBTQA+年轻人遇到自杀念头的获得适当和肯定应对策略的机会.
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