双性恋少数群体的压力作为性暴力相关的创伤后应激障碍症状的危险因素双性恋+女性:多层次分析
Selime R Salim1,2, Kelly L Harper3,4, Nicholas A Livingston3,4
1Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
Journal of traumatic stress
|September 18, 2024
概括
双性恋+女性经历了反双性恋污名,特别是预期的双负性,在性暴力 (SV) 后报告了更高的创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状. 解决少数民族压力对于减少这一群体中PTSD至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 与异性恋和女同性恋女性相比,双性恋+女性面临性暴力 (SV) 和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的比例不成比例.
- 独特的身份相关的少数群体压力有助于双性+个体所经历的心理健康挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查双性恋少数群体压力和PTSD症状之间的关联,在年轻的双性恋+女性经历过成人SV.
- 研究特定类型的双性恋少数群体压力对PTSD症状严重性的个人间和内部影响.
主要方法:
- 与133名年轻双性恋+女性 (18-25岁) 进行的长度研究,这些女性报告了成人SV,收集了四个波的数据 (基线至3个月的随访).
- 多级建模用于分析数据,控制SV严重程度.
- 具体措施包括来自不同群体的反双性耻辱和预期的双阴性.
主要成果:
- 在人内:女同性恋/同性恋者的反双性耻辱增加与那个时刻更高的PTSD症状水平有关.
- 在人之间:异性恋个体的反双性耻辱的平均水平较高和预期的双阴性与更高的平均PTSD症状严重程度有关.
- 预期的双阴性部分介导了平均反双性恋污名和PTSD症状之间的关系.
结论:
- 双性恋少数群体的压力,特别是预期的双阴性,与年轻双性恋+女性的性暴力后PTSD症状严重程度的增加有显著的关联.
- 调查结果强调了考虑性暴力经历和少数民族压力之间的相互作用的重要性.
- 识别和解决预期的双阴性可能为减少这一脆弱人群中PTSD症状提供了一个新的治疗目标.
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