Sense of Belonging and Depressive Symptoms Among GLB Adolescents
Sense of Belonging and Depressive Symptoms Among GLB Adolescents
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DOI：
10.1080/00918369.2011.533629
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
McLaren, Suzanne
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作者：
McCallum, Claire;McLaren, Suzanne
研究表明，男同性恋、女同性恋和双性恋（GLB）青少年患心理健康问题的风险增加。研究还表明，体验归属感对一个人的心理健康很重要。本研究探讨了自我认同的GLB青少年（N = 99）的抑郁症状的预测因子的归属感，一般社区和归属感的GLB特定的青年组（负18）。参与者完成了归属感工具和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表。结果表明，虽然归属感的一般社区和归属感的负18社区都直接相关的抑郁症，只有归属感的一般社区的贡献显着的预测抑郁症时，同时进入回归分析。结果还表明，一般社区归属感中介的负18社区归属感和抑郁之间的关系。这些研究结果表明，旨在增加归属感的GLB特定社区的干预措施可能会间接受益于GLB青少年的心理健康，而旨在增加归属感的一般社区的干预措施可能会直接受益于GLB青少年的心理健康。
Research has indicated that gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) adolescents are at an increased risk of mental health problems. Research has also indicated that experiencing a sense of belonging is important for one's mental health. This study investigated sense of belonging to the general community and sense of belonging to a GLB specific youth group (Minus18) as predictors of depressive symptoms among self-identified GLB adolescents (N = 99). Participants completed the Sense of Belonging Instrument and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Results showed that although sense of belonging to the general community and sense of belonging to the Minus18 community were both directly related to depression, only sense of belonging to the general community contributed significantly to the prediction of depression when they were entered simultaneously in a regression analysis. Results also showed that sense of belonging to the general community mediated the relation between sense of belonging to the Minus18 community and depression. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at increasing sense of belonging to a GLB-specific community are likely to be of indirect benefit to the mental health of GLB adolescents, whereas interventions aimed at increasing sense of belonging to the general community are likely to be of direct benefit to the mental health of GLB adolescents.