To what extent does social integration affect the use of friends/informal sources of support versus the use of formal sources of support by young LGBT

家庭暴力和虐待(DVA)的流行是“普遍和毁灭性的”(Calton等人，2016：585)。对于LGB和/或T人群来说，DVA的患病率与他们的异性恋者相似，如果不是更高的话(Rollèet al，2018)，特别是在年轻人中(Barter等人，2000)。虽然越来越多的人关注经历过DVA的LGBT人群的经历和需求，但对于年轻LGBT人群的求助知识存在差距，尽管第一性关系被认为增加了经历DVA的可能性。现有证据表明，与正式来源相比，LGBT人群更喜欢朋友/非正式来源的支持，然而，目前还不知道他们得到了什么回应。这项研究首次探索了对经历过DVA的年轻LGBT人群使用朋友/非正式支持来源与使用正式支持来源的比较，以及社会融合是否可以解释他们的求助决定。这对于更好地发展知识是很重要的，这些知识可以用来改善经历DVA的年轻LGBT人群可以获得的支持。采用混合方法将使用社交媒体对年轻LGBT人群进行调查，并对经历过DVA的年轻LGBT人群进行半结构化访谈，以深入了解这些问题。研究结果将有助于了解LGBT青年LGBT人群求助DVA的经历及其与社会融合的联系，并为政策和实践提供建议。

The prevalence of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is 'pervasive anddevastating' (Calton et al, 2016:585). For LGB and/or T people theprevalence of DVA is similar, if not higher, than their heterosexualcounterparts (Rollè et al, 2018), particularly among young people (Barter etal., 2000). Whilst there is an increasing focus on the experiences andneeds of LGBT people who experience DVA, there is a gap in knowledgeabout the help-seeking of young LGBT people even though being in a firstsamesex relationship has been identified as increasing the likelihood ofexperiencing DVA. The existing evidence points to LGBT people favouringfriends/informal sources of support over formal sources however it is notknown what responses they receive. This study is the first of its kind toexplore the use of friends/informal sources of support versus the use offormal sources of support for young LGBT people who have experiencedDVA and whether social integration can explain their help-seekingdecision. This is important to better develop knowledge that can be usedto improve the support young LGBT people experiencing DVA can access.A mixed methods approach will use a survey using social media of youngLGBT people and semi-structured interviews of young LGBT people whohave experienced DVA to gain an in-depth understanding of these issues.The findings will contribute to knowledge about young LGBT people'sexperiences of help-seeking for DVA, its links or not to social integrationand provide recommendations for policy and practice.