根据性别认同的心理健康年龄梯度
Samuel Mann1, Megan S Schuler2, Annaliese Paulson3
1RAND, 1200 S Hayes St, VA, 22202, Arlington, USA. mann@rand.org.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
|April 5, 2025
概括
性别少数群体 (GM) 成年人报告的精神健康状况不佳的日子比 cisgender 成年人要多得多,特别是在年轻人中. 这种心理健康差异随着年龄的增长而缩小.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 心理健康是整体幸福感的关键组成部分.
- 了解心理健康结果的差异对于有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,不同的人口群体之间可能存在心理健康差异.
研究的目的:
- 量化性别少数群体 (GM) 和异性成年人之间自我报告的精神健康不佳日数的差异.
- 为了检查这种心理健康差异在不同年龄组之间是如何变化的.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 的数据,涵盖了2017-2022年.
- 在过去一个月的精神健康状况不佳日数中计算了未调整和调整的差异.
- 按年龄分层分析以评估与年龄相关的差异趋势.
主要成果:
- 性别少数群体的成年人报告说,与 cisgender 成年人相比,精神健康状况不佳的平均日数更高.
- 这种差异在年轻年龄组 (18-23岁) 中最为明显,转基因成年人报告的日数增加了8.2天.
- 随着年龄的增长,转基因和半性别成年人之间的心理健康差距逐渐减少.
结论:
- 性别少数群体和 cisgender 成年人之间存在很大的心理健康差异.
- 年龄是影响这种心理健康差距规模的关键因素.
- 调查结果强调了针对性别少数群体的年龄量身定制的心理健康支持的需要.
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