探索年轻人的经验 LGBTQA+ 澳大利亚人使用线下和在线同行支持
Rocco Pellegrino1, Lefteris Patlamazoglou2
1Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Journal of homosexuality
|December 10, 2024
概括
在线和面对面的同行支持对澳大利亚的LGBTQA+年轻人至关重要. 网上的匿名性有助于身份探索,而面对面的互动则促进现实生活中的联系和归属感.
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:
- 年轻的女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,变性人,酷儿,无性恋和其他性和性别多样性 (LGBTQA +) 个人经常面临独特的社会挑战.
- 同龄人支持被认为是青少年发展和福祉的重要资源.
研究的目的:
- 探索澳大利亚LGBTQA+年轻人同行互动的多方面的经验.
- 了解在身份发展和归属中在线和面对面的支持系统之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及22名LGBTQA+年轻澳大利亚人 (16-24岁) 的半结构面试.
- 使用反射主题分析分析数据,以确定反复出现的模式和主题.
主要成果:
- 出现了四个主要主题:在线安全/身份探索的匿名性,在线支持的风险/好处,面对面的支持的风险/好处以及基于性别和性取向的不同经验.
- 在线同行支持,特别是在匿名的情况下,有助于初始的性别和性认同探索.
- 在个人同行支持增强了连接,接受和归属的感觉,一旦身份更加确立.
结论:
- 在线和面对面的同行支持都是年轻的LGBTQA+澳大利亚人发展身份,接受和归属的组成部分.
- 一个连续的模式,从在线探索到面对面的联系,是常见的.
- 调查结果支持需要加强在线安全和可访问的线下社区空间,并进一步研究LGBTQA+社区中的子群体差异.
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