社区连接在理解LGBTQ+少数群体压力与问题饮酒之间的联系中的作用
Leo Augustus Miller1, Andrew Åkerlund1, Sarah Fischer1
1Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|October 10, 2025
概括
经历歧视并隐身份的LGBTQ+个人面临更高的问题饮酒风险. 社区的联系可能会意外地加剧这些风险,突出了针对性干预的必要性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,变性恋和酷儿 (LGBTQ+) 个人表现出更高的问题饮酒率.
- 有限的研究探讨了少数群体的特定压力因素如何影响饮酒,并解释了其他类型的歧视.
- 这项研究调查了距离 (歧视) 和近距离 (隐藏身份) 少数群体压力因素对LGBTQ+问题饮酒的影响,控制了普遍的歧视.
研究的目的:
- 检查少数民族压力 (远端和近端) 与LGBTQ+成年人的饮酒问题之间的关联.
- 测试LGBTQ+社区的联系是否能缓和少数群体压力因素和饮酒问题之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 通过亚马逊MTurk和大学生招募的595名LGBTQ+成年人的数据分析.
- 使用线性回归模型来测试假设关系.
主要成果:
- 特定于LGBTQ+的远距离 (歧视) 和近距离 (隐藏身份) 压力因素显著预测了问题饮酒,即使在调整为更广泛的歧视之后.
- 社区连接调节了这两种关系:问题饮酒在歧视高,社区连接高,以及隐藏身份高,社区连接高时最高.
结论:
- LGBTQ+社区的联系可能会放大少数族裔压力因素和饮酒问题之间的联系.
- 进一步的研究应该探索多样化的社区连接体验和应对机制.
- 对LGBTQ+问题饮酒的干预应考虑社区联系作为潜在的治疗目标.
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