在性和性别少数群体青少年中存在结构性同性恋恐惧症和自杀念头和行为
Ya-Wen Chang1, Elizabeth Schumacher2, Rachel M Martino3
1Stony Brook University Department of Psychology, Stony Brook, NY.
Stigma and health
|September 16, 2025
概括
国家中的结构性同性恋恐惧症与性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 青少年的自杀思想和计划增加有关. 促进包容性环境的政策可以减少SGM年轻人的这些风险.
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:
- 性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 青少年面临自杀行为风险较高.
- 包括反同性恋立法在内的结构性同性恋恐惧症可能会加剧SGM年轻人心理健康结果的不平等.
- 关于综合结构性同性恋恐惧症指标与SGM青少年自杀倾向之间的联系的先前研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 检查州级结构性同性恋恐惧症与美国SGM青少年的自杀思想和行为之间的关联.
- 确定结构性障碍如何影响SGM年轻人的心理健康和安全.
主要方法:
- 在全国范围内对1837名SGM青少年 (14-18岁) 进行了横截面在线调查.
- 分析州级结构性同性恋恐惧症指标与自我报告的终身自杀想法,计划和企图之间的关联.
- 为人口变量进行统计调整.
主要成果:
- 结构性同性恋恐惧症较高的国家的SGM青少年显示,终身自杀念头 (aOR=1.22) 和自杀计划 (aOR=1.24) 的几率增加.
- 在结构性同性恋恐惧症和终身自杀企图之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 研究结果强调了结构因素和特定的自杀行为之间的微妙关系.
结论:
- 生活在具有更大的结构性同性恋恐惧症的州增加了SGM青少年中自杀思想和计划的可能性.
- 促进包容性环境的公共政策和社会态度对于减轻SGM年轻人自杀风险至关重要.
- 解决结构性同性恋恐惧症是改善SGM青少年福祉的关键公共卫生优先事项.
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