Lecture 6 Flashcards
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LGBTQ+ youth experience discrimination blankx more frequently than heterosexual peers
3x
Lgbtq+ youth have increased risk of blank, blank and blank
suicide, depression, and anxiety
What is minority stress:
Accumulated stigma and discrimination that marginalized groups experience.
The minority stress model suggests sexual minorities experience:
unique stress beyond general stress, resulting in negative health outcomes
Origonally minority stress model was conceptualized for
sexual minorities
Two types of stressors that lead to negative health outcomes:
distal stressors and proximal stressors
Distal stressors are external experiences.: give two examples.
physical abuse and microaggressions
Proximal stressors: an internal process-
how an individual responds to distal stressors
What are an example of distal stressors?
individual is misgendered
distal stressor:= misgendering
proximal stressor= fear of rejection
blank blank and blank associated with greater suicidal ideation
family rejection and bullying
Chang et al. 2020 study objectives
is there an association between minority stress and suicide-related disclosure intentions
which facets of minority stress is associated with disclosure intention?
Methods of Chang et al. Parental consent was
waved by the institutional review board
Five items measured by Chang et al. 2020
identity management, negative expectations, family rejection, homeonegative communication, internalized homogativity,
Define identity management and negative expectacies
identity management: i am questioning my sexual orientation
negative expectations: I am concerned that if I am lgbtq, I will have a worse life than if I were straight
Define ramily rejection and homonegative communication
family rejection- i have to lie to my family about being LGBTQ
homeonegative communication: I have heard a family member make negative comments about gays
define internalized homonegativity
if i could, i would become straight
Label all five items as promimal of distal stressors
proximal, proximal, distal,distal, proximal
Results: Greater lifetime minority stress was associated with
lower intentions to disclose suicidal ideation
Higher levels of which subscales were significantly associated with lower suicide disclosure intention
all of the 5
LGBTQ reported the lowest intentions to disclose their suicidality to (3)
family, spiritual counselors, emergency room personnel
reported the highest intentions to disclose their suicidal ideation to
LGBTQ specific crisis service phone hotline, mental health professional, other LGBTQ+
2 implications of the study
Youth already experience stigma due to identity.
afraid of additional stigma related to suicide
eagle study created the national climate survey on homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia in the Canadian schools survey: survey asked lgbteq+ youth and cisgender/heterosexual youth about: (3)
school inclusion, harassment at school, school safety
Verbal hassment had 5 categories.
sexual orientation, percieved sexual orientation, gender identity, percieved gender identity, gender expression