Being humorous and seeking diversion: Promoting healthy coping skills among LGBTQ+ youth
Being humorous and seeking diversion: Promoting healthy coping skills among LGBTQ+ youth
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DOI：
10.1080/19359705.2017.1385559
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Huang, Yu-Te
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作者：
Craig, Shelley L.;Austin, Ashley;Huang, Yu-Te
LGBTQ+青年面临普遍的污名相关压力，需要有效的应对技能。本研究探讨了LGBTQ+青年参与者（N = 30）在认知行为治疗为基础的应对技能培训的应对模式。参与者，15-18岁的一系列性别，性，种族和民族身份，完成了应对技能清单（A-COPE）的12个分量表在两个时间点。根据污名应对框架，应对技能大致分为脱离或参与策略。LGBTQ+青少年最有可能利用避免问题作为科普压力的策略，其次是幽默，放松和通风的感觉。值得注意的是，寻求专业和精神支持是最少采用的应对策略。干预后，参与者报告称，初级控制力（解决家庭问题）和二级控制力（寻求精神支持、寻求转移注意力、从事高要求的活动和幽默）领域显着增加。研究结果表明LGBTQ+青年的应对策略的多功能性，并显示AFFIRM干预的潜力，以促进这一人群中的参与应对模式。
LGBTQ+ youth encounter pervasive stigma-related stress that requires effective coping skills. This study explored the coping patterns of LGBTQ+ youth participants (N = 30) in a cognitive-behavioral therapy-based coping skills training. Participants, 15-18 years old with a range of gender, sexual, racial and ethnic identities, completed a coping skills inventory (A-COPE) with 12 subscales at two time points. Based on the stigma-coping framework, coping skills were broadly classified as disengagement or engagement strategies. LGBTQ+ youth were most likely to utilize avoiding problems as a strategy to cope with stress, followed closely by being humorous, relaxing, and ventilating feelings. Notably, seeking professional and spiritual support were the least adopted coping strategies. Post-intervention, participants reported significant increases in the areas of primary control (solving family problems) and secondary control (seeking spiritual support, seeking diversion, engaging in demanding activities, and being humorous). The findings demonstrate the versatility of LGBTQ+ youth's coping strategies and show the potential of the AFFIRM intervention to promote engagement coping patterns among this population.