Social connections preventing suicide ideation during developmental transitions among young sexual minority women

项目总结 年轻的女同性恋者、双性恋者和其他热爱女性的女性(YLBWLW)更有可能报告考虑 试图自杀的女性同龄人比异性恋女性同龄人或同性恋/双性恋男性同龄人更多。然而，大多数 研究人员将女同性恋者/双性恋女性与其他性少数群体结合起来，导致研究匮乏 尤其是黄海生物制品，研究过黄海生物制品之间的潜在差异的就更少了。此外，在 缺乏保护因素的研究，YLBWLW被严重低估，而且没有研究检查 个体身份保护因素与人际社会联系保护的关系 YLBWLW特有因素及其自杀风险。自杀研究的另一个重要领域是 YLBWLW涉及到理解发展过渡期(例如，进入高中、大学或 劳动力)会影响自杀风险，因为发育转型可能会导致社会关系的重大丧失 这是针对少数民族压力和自杀念头的保护性因素。为了解决研究中的空白， 我们将追求以下具体目标：(1)考察个人和人际关系的调节效应 青少年儿童自杀意念理论路径中的性别认同特异性保护因素； (2)在理论模型中检验发展过渡期作为多水平调节变量的作用； 深入探讨社会关系随时间的变化，特别是在过渡时期对 自杀风险。该样本将包括全国范围内780名不同种族和民族的青少年儿童样本。 通过社交媒体平台招聘14至30人。参与者将每三个月完成一次在线调查 在18个月的时间里。我们将通过执行分层潜在变量调节来实现目标1 YLBWLW的中介分析分别检验和比较以下假设：a)个人 保护性因素(身份中心性、真实性和肯定)将调节少数民族的风险关系 强调诱捕；和b)人际社会联系因素(社会包容/归属感， 女同性恋者/双性恋者社区参与、社会支持)将缓和(削弱) 自杀意念的诱捕经历。对于目标2，我们假设a)与那些不去的人相比 通过过渡，那些经历过渡的人会感受到更多的压力和 诱捕；以及b)社会联系和积极认同因素将缓和 压力、诱捕和自杀念头。目标3将包括对亚样本进行个别访谈 在70名经历了发育转变并报告了一些自杀意念的参与者中， 对YLBWLW经历的这些转变和最重要的社会关系方面的洞察 有助于减轻他们的痛苦。这项研究的影响涉及识别可修改的个人身份- 和人际社会联系层面的保护因素，将指导自杀预防工作 不同程度的影响，以促进心理健康和减少自杀死亡的妇女。

PROJECT SUMMARY Young lesbian, bisexual, and other women who love women (YLBWLW) are more likely to report considering and attempting suicide than their heterosexual female peers, or gay/bisexual male peers. However, most researchers combine lesbians/bisexual women with other sexual minorities, resulting in a paucity of research specific to YLBWLW, and even fewer have examined potential differences between YLBWLW. Further, within the scant protective factor research, YLBWLW are severely under-represented, and no studies have examined relationships between individual identity protective factors or interpersonal social connectedness protective factors specific to YLBWLW and their suicide risk. Another important area of study in suicide research with YLBWLW involves understanding how developmental transition periods (e.g., into high school, college, or the workforce) affect suicide risk since developmental transitions can result in a major loss of social connections that serve as protective factors against minority stress and suicide ideation. To address gaps in the research, we will pursue the following specific aims: (1) Examine the moderating effects of individual and interpersonal sexual identity-specific protective factors on theoretical pathways of risk for suicide ideation among YLBWLW; (2) Test developmental transition periods as a multi-level moderator within the theoretical model; and (3) Explore in-depth the effects of changes in social connections over time, especially during transition periods, on suicide risk. The sample will include a nationwide sample of 780 racially and ethnically diverse YLBWLW aged 14 to 30 recruited through social media platforms. Participants will complete an online survey every three months over an 18-month period. We will address Aim 1 by performing stratified latent variable moderated mediation analyses for YLBWLW separately to test and compare the following hypotheses: a) individual protective factors (identity centrality, authenticity, and affirmation) will moderate the risk relationship of minority stress on entrapment; and b) interpersonal social connectedness factors (social inclusion/belonging, lesbian/bisexual community involvement, social support) will moderate (weaken) the risk conferred by experiences of entrapment on suicide ideation. For Aim 2, we hypothesize that a) compared to those not going through transitions, those going through a transition will experience increased feelings of stress and entrapment; and b) social connectedness and positive identity factors will moderate associations between stress, entrapment, and suicide ideation. Aim 3 will involve conducting individual interviews with a subsample of 70 participants going through a developmental transition and reporting some suicide ideation to glean insights into YLBWLW’s experiences of these transitions and aspects of social connection that were most helpful in reducing their distress. The impact of this research involves identifying modifiable individual identity- and interpersonal social connectedness-level protective factors that will guide suicide prevention efforts across different levels of influence to promote mental health and reduce deaths by suicide among YLBWLW.