性和/或性别少数群体成年人的自杀脚本
Cherish R Rafajko1, Jennifer J Muehlenkamp2
1Department of Social Work, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA.
Suicide & life-threatening behavior
|March 28, 2025
概括
关于自杀可接受性的社会规范在性和性别少数群体 (GM) 之间存在差异. 研究结果表明,LGBTQ+社区的自杀可能是正常化的,增加了风险,并强调了有针对性的预防的必要性.
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:
- 社会规范显著影响健康行为,包括自杀的可接受性.
- 在性和性别少数群体 (GM) 中理解这些规范对于有效预防自杀至关重要.
- 之前的研究表明,人们的看法各不相同,需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查转基因个体中自杀可接受性的社会规范.
- 复制和扩展先前关于不同少数群体自杀观念的研究结果.
- 检查一般与LGBTQ+特定压力因素对这些感知的影响.
主要方法:
- 通过社交媒体和大学名单招募了大量 (n=1962) 的18-35岁的成年人.
- 参与者被随机分配到描绘各种压力因素后非致命自杀企图的片段.
- 使用ANCOVA分析的数据用于比较跨身份类型和情景的自杀行为,接受度,同情心,调整和意图的看法.
主要成果:
- 性和性别少数群体的参与者认为自杀行为比 cisgender 异性恋参与者更可接受.
- 性别少数群体的人报告了更高的情绪调整和更低的自杀意图.
- 两组之间没有观察到对决定尝试自杀的同情心的显著差异.
结论:
- 在LGBTQ+社区中,自杀可能被认为是允许的和正常的,这可能会增加自杀风险.
- 针对宽容自杀规范的干预措施对于LGBTQ+群体的自杀预防工作至关重要.
- 进一步的研究应该探索这些社会规范的细微差别及其对寻求帮助行为的影响.
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