"I'm Kinda Stuck at Home With Unsupportive Parents Right Now": LGBTQ Youths' Experiences With COVID-19 and the Importance of Online Support
"I'm Kinda Stuck at Home With Unsupportive Parents Right Now": LGBTQ Youths' Experiences With COVID-19 and the Importance of Online Support
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.002
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Edsall, Rachel N.
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作者：
Fish, Jessica N.;McInroy, Lauren B.;Edsall, Rachel N.
目的：LGBTQ青年是一个经历独特压力源的人群。这项研究通过Q聊天空间（一个全国性的在线聊天支持项目）调查了他们在COVID-19大流行中的经历。方法：分析2020年春季基于州的“社交距离”条例实施期间收集的31次同步文本聊天记录数据。结果：在遇到与新冠肺炎相关的压力源时，参与者的经历同时充满了lgbtq特有的个人、人际和结构挑战。困难包括保持心理健康，与不支持的家庭隔离，以及失去以个人身份为基础的社会化和支持。结论：研究结果强调了同步、基于文本的在线平台的重要性，使LGBTQ青年在家中寻求支持时感到安全。鉴于长期保持身体距离的可能性，需要共同努力，在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间为LGBTQ青年提供必要的资源和支持。(C) 2020青少年健康和医学学会。版权所有。
Purpose: LGBTQ youth are a population who experience unique stressors. This study investigated their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic via Q Chat Space-a national online chat-based support program.Methods: Transcript data from 31 synchronous, text-based chats collected during the onset of state-based "social distancing" ordinances in Spring 2020 were analyzed.Results: While encountering COVID-19-related stressors likely to be experienced by youth generally, participants' experiences were concomitantly imbued with LGBTQ-specific intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural challenges. Difficulties included maintaining mental health, being isolated with unsupportive families, and loss of in-person identity-based socialization and support.Conclusions: Findings highlight the importance of synchronous, text-based online platforms to enable LGBTQ youth to feel safe to seek support while at home. Given the potential for long-term physical distancing, concerted efforts are required to provide necessary resources and support for LGBTQ youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. (C) 2020 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.