Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth.
Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth.
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性少数和性别少数青少年父母的耻辱感、焦虑和抑郁症状。
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10.1037/fam0001183
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2024
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Pachankis,JohnE
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Clark,KirstyA;Argiros,AlexandraP;Dougherty,LeaR;Pachankis,JohnE
面对耻辱，性少数群体和性别少数群体(SGM)青少年的父母在支持其SGM儿童的心理健康方面发挥了重要作用。然而，SGM青少年的父母自己可能会经历耻辱，包括歧视/拒绝，及其情感后果，包括代用的耻辱和羞耻。目前的横断面研究利用SGM青少年父母的全国样本来调查父母的耻辱经历与自我报告的焦虑和抑郁症状之间的关系。此外，我们还探索了父母耻辱经历的社会人口学和背景相关性。参与者包括264名父母(男性年龄=46岁)，他们报告至少有一名30岁以下的SGM儿童(男性年龄=18岁)。女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者-附属机构污名测量(LGB-ASM)评估了父母的歧视/拒绝经历(例如，由于有SGM孩子而实际和预期的被拒绝经历)、代替性污名(例如，担心和关心自己的SGM孩子)和羞耻(例如，为SGM孩子感到尴尬)。父母使用各自的患者报告结果测量信息系统-缩写形式-显示他们的焦虑和抑郁症状。结果表明，代用污名和羞耻，而不是歧视/拒绝，与父母焦虑症状的增加有关(代用污名：β=1.5 9，p<；羞耻：β=2.15p<；和抑郁(代用污名：β=0.9，p<；羞耻：β=2.77，p<；001)。此外，父母更容易接受宗教、种族、民族和/或文化社区，报告的耻辱经历较少。这项研究有助于理解耻辱的心理后果如何延伸到SGM人本身，并导致SGM青少年的父母心理健康困难。(心理信息数据库记录(C)2024 APA，保留所有权利)
Parents of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth play an important role in supporting their SGM child’s mental health in the face of stigma. Yet, parents of SGM youth may themselves experience stigma, including discrimination/rejection, and its emotional consequences, including vicarious stigma and shame. The present cross-sectional study leveraged a national sample of parents of SGM youth to investigate associations between parents’ stigma experiences and self-reported anxiety and depression symptoms. Further, we additionally explored sociodemographic and contextual correlates of parents’ stigma experiences. Participants included 264 parents (M age= 46) who reported having at least one SGM child under age 30 (M age= 18). The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual-Affiliate Stigma Measure (LGB-ASM) assessed parents’ experiences of discrimination/rejection (eg, actual and anticipated rejection experiences due to having an SGM child), vicarious stigma (eg, worry and concern for one’s SGM child), and shame (eg, feeling embarrassed for having an SGM child). Parents indicated their anxiety and depressive symptoms using respective Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System—short forms. Results showed that vicarious stigma and shame, but not discrimination/rejection, were uniquely associated with parents’ increased symptoms of anxiety (vicarious stigma: β= 1.59, p<. 001; shame: β= 2.15, p<. 001) and depression (vicarious stigma: β= 0.90, p<. 01; shame: β= 2.77, p<. 001). Further, parents with more accepting religious, racial, ethnic, and/or cultural communities reported lower stigma experiences. This study advances understanding of how the psychological consequences of stigma extend beyond SGM people themselves and contribute to mental health difficulties in parents of SGM youth.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)