是否LGBTQ+社区连接缓冲歧视对普遍焦虑的间接影响通过拒绝敏感性在LGBTQ+美国. 成年人吗?成年人?
Xaaran A Dolence1, Bethany A Hermann1, Isabel I Mullins1
1Psychology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA.
Journal of homosexuality
|April 25, 2025
概括
反LGBTQ+歧视通过拒绝敏感性增加LGBTQ+个体的普遍焦虑. 然而,强大的社区联系可以缓冲这些负面的心理健康影响.
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:
- 边缘化的性取向和性别认同 (LGBTQ+) 面临着显著的远端压力因素,与异性恋同龄人相比,导致更糟糕的心理健康结果.
- 通用焦虑症 (GAD) 是LGBTQ+社区中普遍存在的心理健康差异.
- 少数群体压力,拒绝敏感性和压力缓冲理论为我们了解这些差异提供了信息.
研究的目的:
- 调查LGBTQ+相关的拒绝敏感性作为反LGBTQ+歧视和普遍焦虑之间的关系中的调解者.
- 检查LGBTQ+社区的联系作为潜在的保护因素,防止歧视对心理健康的负面影响.
主要方法:
- 调查数据来自461名美国成年参与者,他们具有不同的性取向和性别认同.
- 统计分析以通过拒绝敏感度来测试调解,通过社区联系来测试调节.
- 对年龄,性取向,性别认同和地区等人口统计学变量进行控制的探索性分析.
主要成果:
- 与LGBTQ+相关的拒绝敏感性显著调解了反LGBTQ+歧视对普遍焦虑的间接影响.
- 这种调解效应在LGBTQ+社区连接度低至中等的个体中最为明显.
- 在控制人口因素后,结果保持一致.
结论:
- 与LGBTQ+相关的拒绝敏感性部分解释了LGBTQ+个体中少数群体压力和普遍焦虑之间的联系.
- LGBTQ+社区的联系可以起到至关重要的缓冲作用,减轻少数群体压力对心理健康的影响.
- 旨在加强社区联系的干预措施可能有助于减少LGBTQ+人口中的焦虑差异.
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