Gender Diverse College Students Exhibit Higher Psychological Distress Than Male and Female Peers During the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Gender Diverse College Students Exhibit Higher Psychological Distress Than Male and Female Peers During the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
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DOI：
10.1037/sgd0000461
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发表时间：
2021-06-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Hughes, Joel W.
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作者：
Hunt, Cynthia;Gibson, Gregory C.;Hughes, Joel W.
正在进行的新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行可能是人们记忆中最大的全球生物心理社会压力源，人们普遍预期会出现“心理健康大流行”。在当前的 COVID-19 大流行期间，几乎没有提及对性别多样化 (GD) 人群的影响。我们采用一种新颖的方法，通过比较公立 R1 四年制大学大学生样本的复原力、心理困扰和感知风险，来解决当前文献中的这一差距。该调查包括人口统计问题、简要弹性量表、凯斯勒心理困扰量表以及自我报告的感染 COVID-19 的风险。 GD 个体 (n = 83) 与调查队列（1、2 或 3）、白人与非白人、年龄类别和学生身份（本科生与研究生）中的男性（n = 83）和女性（n = 83）同龄人进行匹配。 GD 个体报告的心理弹性（M = 2.88，SD = 0.93）比男性（M = 3.57，SD = 0.81）和女性（M = 3.37，SD = 0.83）学生低，心理困扰（M = 12.33，SD = 6.04）比男性（M = 6.7，SD = 5.76）和女性（M = 8.70，SD = 6.57），以及类似的感知风险（p = .54）。近一半（48.2%）的 GD 个体高于严重心理困扰的临界值。在新型冠状病毒大流行的前所未有的事件中，高等教育机构的学生面临着巨大的生物心理社会压力。在大流行期间，与男女同龄人相比，GD学生的心理困扰程度非常高，可能需要额外的支持和扩大治疗的机会。
The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may be the greatest global biopsychosocial stressor in living memory, and there is widespread anticipation of a "mental health pandemic." Hardly mentioned, if ever, during the current COVID-19 pandemic is the effect on gender diverse (GD) populations. Using a novel approach, we address this gap in the current literature by comparing resilience, psychological distress, and perceived risk in a sample of college students at a public, R1, 4-year university. The survey included demographic questions, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, and self-reported risk of contracting COVID-19. GD individuals (n = 83) were matched with male (n = 83) and female (n = 83) peers on survey cohort (1, 2, or 3), White versus Non-White, age category, and student status (undergraduate vs. graduate). GD individuals reported lower psychological resilience (M = 2.88, SD = 0.93) than both male (M = 3.57, SD = 0.81) and female (M = 3.37, SD = 0.83) students, higher psychological distress (M = 12.33, SD = 6.04) than both males (M = 6.7, SD = 5.76) and females (M = 8.70, SD = 6.57), and similar perceived risk (p =.54). Nearly half (48.2%) of GD individuals were above the cutoff for severe psychological distress. During the unprecedented events of the novel coronavirus pandemic, students in higher education settings are facing tremendous biopsychosocial stress. GD students had very high levels of psychological distress relative to their male and female peers during the pandemic and may need additional support and expanded access to treatment.