Does Outness Function the Same for All Sexual Minority Youth? Testing Its Associations With Different Aspects of Well-Being in a Sample of Youth With Diverse Sexual Identities.
Does Outness Function the Same for All Sexual Minority Youth? Testing Its Associations With Different Aspects of Well-Being in a Sample of Youth With Diverse Sexual Identities.
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所有性少数青少年的外在功能都一样吗？
DOI：
10.1037/sgd0000547
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Watson,RyanJ
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作者：
Rentería,Roberto;Feinstein,BrianA;Dyar,Christina;Watson,RyanJ
虽然研究普遍支持对一个人的性别认同的更大公开与改善幸福感有关，但新出现的证据表明，公开可能对双性恋个体产生负面影响。然而，很少有研究将性别认同作为外向和幸福之间联系的调节剂，特别是在年轻人中。因此，外向在不同性少数青年（包括泛性，酷儿，质疑和无性恋青年）的心理健康中的作用仍然不清楚。因此，我们研究了外向和幸福之间的关联如何不同的性身份的样本中的性少数青年的功能。使用LGBTQ全国青少年研究（N= 11，225）的数据，我们测试了性别认同作为外向和幸福（抑郁和自尊）之间关联的调节剂。在整个样本中，更大的外向性与更低的抑郁和更高的自尊显着相关。然而，这些协会是显着不同的男同性恋/女同性恋与质疑青年。更大的外向性与较低的抑郁症和较高的自尊为同性恋青年，但与较高的抑郁症，并没有与自尊的质疑青年。同性恋青年与双性恋青年之间的外向和自尊之间的联系也有显着差异。更大的外向性与更高的自尊心这两个群体，但该协会更强的男同性恋/女同性恋青年。这些研究结果表明，出柜可能对男同性恋/女同性恋和双性恋青年有好处，但可能会对质疑青年产生负面影响。这些发现可以为促进性少数青年积极的性身份发展和福祉的努力提供信息。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2023阿帕，保留所有权利）
While research generally supports that greater outness about one’s sexual identity is associated with improved well-being, emerging evidence suggests that outness may have negative consequences for bisexual individuals. Yet few studies have examined sexual identity as a moderator of the associations between outness and well-being, especially among youth. As such, the role of outness in the mental health of diverse sexual minority youth (including pansexual, queer, questioning, and asexual youth) remains unclear. Thus, we examined how the associations between outness and well-being differed as a function of sexual identity in a sample of sexual minority youth. Using data from the LGBTQ National Teen Study (N= 11,225), we tested sexual identity as a moderator of the associations between outness and well-being (depression and self-esteem). In the full sample, greater outness was significantly associated with lower depression and higher self-esteem. However, these associations were significantly different for gay/lesbian versus questioning youth. Greater outness was associated with lower depression and higher self-esteem for gay/lesbian youth yet was associated with higher depression and was not associated with self-esteem for questioning youth. The association between outness and self-esteem was also significantly different for gay/lesbian versus bisexual youth. Greater outness was associated with higher self-esteem for both groups, but the association was stronger for gay/lesbian youth. These findings suggest that outness may have benefits for gay/lesbian and bisexual youth, yet it may have negative consequences for questioning youth. These findings can inform efforts to promote positive sexual identity development and well-being of sexual minority youth.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)