性少数群体的身份和身体疾病:生活过程中的角色受害和性别差异
Aura Ankita Mishra1, Ainsley Yanz1, Laura M Schwab-Reese2
1Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
American journal of preventive medicine
|May 10, 2025
概括
性少数民族妇女面临与受害相关的慢性健康问题. 童年和成人暴力经历显著影响身体健康差异,特别是在大多数异性恋,双性恋和女同性恋人群中.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 性少数群体 (SM) 个人报告受害率和慢性身体健康状况较高.
- 性别差异存在于受害率和相关的慢性身体健康状况.
- 有限的研究探讨了SM身份,慢性身体健康和终身受害的性别差异.
研究的目的:
- 调查性别差异在性少数身份和慢性身体健康状况之间的关联.
- 检查累积的生命历程受害,儿童受害和成人受害作为将SM身份与慢性身体健康联系起来的途径.
- 评估童年与成年时期的受害对这些协会的相对重要性.
主要方法:
- 利用了全国青少年到成人健康长度研究 (1994-2018),这是一个全国代表性的数据集.
- 分析了整个生命过程中的累积暴力受害情况.
- 通过受害者身份与慢性身体健康状况之间的途径中估计的性别差异.
主要成果:
- 主要是异性恋和双性恋女性,通过累积的生活过程,童年和成人受害,慢性身体健康差异增加.
- 女同性恋妇女在性取向和慢性身体健康状况之间表现出间接的关联,这种关联是由累积的生命历程和童年受害介导的.
结论:
- 与受害相关的慢性身体健康脆弱性在大多数异性恋和双性恋女性中,可以在中年之前出现.
- 儿童和成人受害都是这些群体身体健康差异的关键因素.
- 童年受害似乎是女同性恋女性慢性身体健康状况的一个更普遍的因素.
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