美国LGBTQIA+自闭症成年人的身份发展:一种混合方法研究
Elizabeth K Schmidt1, Jess Bauzá de García2, Sage Michaud Espinosa3
1Elizabeth K. Schmidt, PhD, OTR/L, is Associate Professor and Director of Research, Department of Occupational Therapy, Lincoln Memorial University, Knoxville, TN; elizabeth.schmidt@lmunet.edu.
概括
对于LGBTQIA+自闭症成年人来说,积极的身份发展对心理健康至关重要. 通过社区连接,可访问资源和安全探索的支持,促进了自我接受和对自己多样性身份的骄傲.
科学领域:
- 神经多样性研究研究的神经多样性研究.
- 性别和性研究的研究.
- 心理健康和身份发展
背景情况:
- 发展女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别者,酷尔/质疑者,跨性别者,无性恋者和其他性别和性少数群体 (LGBTQIA+) 身份以及残疾身份对于 LGBTQIA+ 自闭症个体的积极心理健康结果至关重要.
- 了解身份发展是支持LGBTQIA+自闭症成年人的关键.
研究的目的:
- 了解LGBTQIA+自闭症成年人的身份发展.
- 评估这个群体中支持策略的共振.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种连续的混合方法,参与式方法.
- 定性阶段包括半结构面试和重点小组 (N=57).
- 定量阶段包括一项调查 (N=107),以确认定性发现.
主要成果:
- 参与者认为暴露,研究,试错和外部支持是发展身份的关键.
- 积极的经历导致了叙述的收获,缓解和骄傲.
- 负面的经历促使人们走向自我接受的旅程.
结论:
- 职业治疗从业者可以通过连接LGBTQIA+自闭症个体来促进身份发展.
- 提供可访问的性健康教育和资源支持个人研究.
- 创造安全的探索空间可以增强自我接受和心理健康.
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