Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Men in Transition to Parenthood: a strength-based approach for mental health and well-being

向为人父母过渡的男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和酷儿男性：基于力量的心理健康和福祉方法

• 批准号: 2720864
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2720864
• 关键词: Gay; Bisexual; Transgender; Queer; Men

Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (GBTQ) men experience low rates of mental health and wellbeing in pursuing parenthood. Nevertheless, the mental health and wellbeing of GBTQ men in pursuing parenthood is significantly understudied. Indeed, the wellbeing of GBTQ men sits at the periphery of family studies and the reproductive health field where current research in the UK prioritises the psychological health and wellbeing of heterosexual and lesbian mothers. Established research on LGBT-parent families is also mostly oriented towards measuring and assessing family functioning and the impact on children's wellbeing and development. This study intends to make a unique contribution to theory and practice by shifting away from this traditional research focus with LGBT+ communities towards a more holistic orientation to include the under-represented voices of GBTQ men. The proposed research will explore the mental health and wellbeing of GBTQ men in pursuing parenthood. I will employ a strength-based approach to understand what resources GBTQ men rely on in pursuing parenthood and how these can be integrated into the services they access.To understand the experiences of GBTQ men through a strength-based lens, I will focus on the following research questions:1. What are the experiences of GBTQ men in pursuing parenthood?2. What are GBTQ men's health and social care needs in pursuing parenthood?3. What resources do GBTQ men rely on in pursuing parenthood?4. How can these resources be integrated into services to support GBTQ men in pursuing parenthood?Adopting a Strengths-Based approach can help to design interventions, programs and policies that can foster empowerment and self-efficacy in GBTQ men in transition to parenthood. Indeed, strengths-based interventions promote a set of values and practices that can foreground GBTQ men's self-determination and celebrate and attend to their resources and capacities, seeking to support and build on these resources to manage the impact of mental health and wellbeing issues (Baron and Stanley, 2019).Participants will be recruited via networks established during the programme of studies with LGBTQ+ organisations at a national level. The research will aim to recruit a diverse sample considering race, ethnicity and age to reflect the diversity of GBTQ-parent families. The research will employ a qualitative multimethod in two phases. Public involvement will be sought in the design of the methods with input from community groups and GBTQ-parent families. The expertise by experience offered by members of the public will improve the quality and the relevance of the research while increasing its potential to achieve change.Audio diaries are a qualitative longitudinal method and an evolved form of the written diary method that could support this research project. The unobtrusive nature of this method could be most suited to explore the daily and complex experiences of GBTQ men pursuing parenthood, whilst still allowing for the collection of rich and time-situated data. The diaries would detail any significant happenings in pursuing parenthood, including what happened, what went well and why, and how participants dealt with it through a consideration of their strengths and deficits (Q1). Semi-structured interviews could supplement the data collected from the audio diaries. Interviews could allow a more holistic investigation of issues and more thorough reflections on the significance and implications of events correlated to pursuing parenthood rather than describing events as they unfold. These are therefore suited to address Q2, Q3 and Q4.Data could be thematically analysed. Data will be used to co-produce a toolkit with GBTQ-parent communities which will suggest the implementation of different strength-based interventions for health and social care professionals, local authorities and third sector organisations to improve their practice when dealing with GBTQ-parents.

同性恋，双性恋，变性人和酷儿（GBTQ）男性在追求父母身份时的心理健康和幸福感很低。然而，GBTQ男性在追求父母身份方面的心理健康和幸福感显着不足。事实上，GBTQ男性的福祉处于家庭研究和生殖健康领域的边缘，英国目前的研究优先考虑异性恋和女同性恋母亲的心理健康和福祉。关于男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者父母家庭的既有研究也主要侧重于衡量和评估家庭功能及其对儿童福祉和发展的影响。这项研究旨在通过从传统的LGBT+社区研究重点转向更全面的方向，包括GBTQ男性代表性不足的声音，为理论和实践做出独特的贡献。这项拟议的研究将探讨GBTQ男性在追求父母身份时的心理健康和幸福感。我将采用基于力量的方法来了解GBTQ男性在追求父母身份时所依赖的资源以及如何将这些资源整合到他们所获得的服务中。为了通过基于力量的透镜来了解GBTQ男性的经历，我将专注于以下研究问题：1. GBTQ男性在追求父母身份方面有哪些经验？2. GBTQ男性在追求父母身份时的健康和社会关怀需求是什么？3. GBTQ男性在追求父母身份时依靠什么资源？4.如何将这些资源纳入支持GBTQ男子成为父母的服务？采用基于优势的方法可以帮助设计干预措施，方案和政策，可以促进GBTQ男性在向父母过渡时的赋权和自我效能。事实上，基于优势的干预措施促进了一套价值观和实践，可以突出GBTQ男性的自决权，并庆祝和关注他们的资源和能力，寻求支持和利用这些资源来管理心理健康和福祉问题的影响。（Baron & Stanley）2019年）。参与者将通过与LGBTQ+组织在国家一级的研究计划期间建立的网络招募。该研究旨在招募一个考虑种族，民族和年龄的多样化样本，以反映GBTQ父母家庭的多样性。本研究将采用定性的多方法分两个阶段进行。在设计方法时，将寻求公众参与，并听取社区团体和GBTQ父母家庭的意见。公众提供的经验和专业知识将提高研究的质量和相关性，同时增加其实现变革的潜力。音频日记是一种定性的纵向方法，也是书面日记方法的一种演变形式，可以支持本研究项目。这种方法的不引人注目的性质可能最适合探索GBTQ男性追求父母身份的日常和复杂的经历，同时仍然允许收集丰富的时间数据。日记将详细描述在追求父母身份时发生的任何重大事件，包括发生了什么，什么进展顺利，为什么，以及参与者如何通过考虑他们的优势和缺陷来处理它（Q1）。半结构化访谈可以补充从录音日记中收集的数据。访谈可以使人们对问题进行更全面的调查，并对与追求父母身份相关的事件的意义和影响进行更彻底的思考，而不是描述事件的发展。因此，这些数据适合于处理第2、第3和第4季度的问题。数据将用于与GBTQ父母社区共同制作工具包，该工具包将建议为卫生和社会护理专业人员，地方当局和第三部门组织实施不同的基于实力的干预措施，以改善他们在处理GBTQ父母时的做法。