Impact of eual rientation ocial upport and Family upport on Minority tress in L People

Abstract

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals may have lower levels of mental health compared to heterosexual people. This study examined the impact of sexual orientation on the components of minority stress (victimization, internalized homophobi a and concealment of sexual orientation), and the moderating role of social and family support in the relationship between sexual orientation and minority stress components. A total of 715 LGB people participated in this study, of which 29.1% reported being lesbian (n = 208), 32.2% gay (n = 230) and 38.8% bisexual (n = 277). Their ages ranged from 18 to 70 years (M = 24.14, SD = 7.18). The questionnaire was disseminated through social networks and answered on an online platform. A path analysis with moderation eff ects was conducted to test the interactions between the variables sexual orientation, victimization, internalized homophobia and concealment of sexual orientation. No relationship was found between the variables cited, which can be explained by the sociodemographic characteristics (race/ethnicity, income, education) of the participants. These results may be associated with a response bias due to the profi le of the participant sample of the present study.

Proceedings from the 9th European Congress of Methodology

“…This new approach allows people who do not conform to the gender binary to disclose their identity as not belonging to this traditional model-however, this othering of individuals may result as invalidating of their realities, as it implicitly suggests that only cisgender, binary individuals are allowed to express their actual identity and all non-binary genders are discarded to this separate category (Morrison et al, 2021). This is solved by substituting the "other" alternative with an open-ended question (Paveltchuk et al, 2019); this option helps collecting the details of the identities that fall under this category, however it might hinder the automatization of data processing and analysis.…”