Sense of Belonging to the General and Lesbian Communities as Predictors of Depression Among Lesbians
Sense of Belonging to the General and Lesbian Communities as Predictors of Depression Among Lesbians
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DOI：
10.1080/00918360802551365
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
McLaren, Suzanne
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作者：
McLaren, Suzanne
研究表明，归属感对心理健康很重要。这项研究调查了自我认同的女同性恋者(n=178)的一般社区归属感和女同性恋社区的归属感，作为抑郁的预测因素。受试者完成了归属感问卷的心理分量表和抑郁焦虑应激量表的抑郁分量表。结果表明，尽管对一般社区的归属感和对女同性恋社区的归属感与抑郁直接相关，但只有对一般社区的归属感在回归分析中对抑郁有显著的预测作用。对一般群体的归属感和对女同性恋群体的归属感对抑郁的预测有交互作用。低归属感缓冲了女同性恋社区归属感与抑郁之间的联系，而高归属感加剧了女同性恋社区归属感与抑郁之间的关联。研究结果还显示，一般社区归属感在女同性恋社区归属感与抑郁之间的关系中起中介作用。结果表明，对于那些不认为自己属于同性恋社区的女同性恋者来说，增强对普通社区的归属感应该是一个优先事项。
Research has indicated that a sense of belonging is important for mental health. This study investigated sense of belonging to the general community and sense of belonging to the lesbian community as predictors of depression among self-identified lesbians (n = 178). Participants completed the Psychological subscale of the Sense of Belonging Instrument and the Depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. Results showed that although sense of belonging to the general community and sense of belonging to the lesbian community were directly related to depression, only sense of belonging to the general community contributed significantly to the prediction of depression when they were entered together in a regression analysis. Sense of belonging to the general community and sense of belonging to the lesbian community interacted in the prediction of depression. Low sense of belonging to the general community buffered the association between sense of belonging to the lesbian community and depression, while high sense of belonging to the general community exacerbated the association between sense of belonging to the lesbian community and depression. Results also showed that sense of belonging to the general community mediated the relation between sense of belonging to the lesbian community and depression. Results imply that enhancing a sense of belonging to the general community should be a priority for lesbians who do not feel that they belong to the lesbian community.