2021
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624641
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Knowledge of Chosen Family History and Depressive Symptoms in Sexual Minority Women

Abstract: Recent work on intergenerational memory has revealed a positive association between family of origin knowledge and wellbeing in adolescents. However, little is known about the generalizability of these data, as significantly less attention has focused on autobiographical memory sharing and wellbeing in historically marginalized communities. Given the high incidence of familial rejection and abandonment within the LGBTQIA + community, close relationships with individuals outside of one’s family of origin, chose… Show more

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“…Furthermore, a better understanding of how gender and narratives contribute to wellbeing requires greater cultural and contextual diversity. To date, studies on intergenerational narrative sharing have been conducted among mostly white, middle-class, heterosexual samples (however see: Chen et al, 2021 ; Gardella et al, 2021 ). Studies are also needed to examine how other expressions of gender identity (e.g., trans and non-binary) may also be linked with intergenerational memory practices and wellbeing.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Furthermore, a better understanding of how gender and narratives contribute to wellbeing requires greater cultural and contextual diversity. To date, studies on intergenerational narrative sharing have been conducted among mostly white, middle-class, heterosexual samples (however see: Chen et al, 2021 ; Gardella et al, 2021 ). Studies are also needed to examine how other expressions of gender identity (e.g., trans and non-binary) may also be linked with intergenerational memory practices and wellbeing.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Importantly, recent work suggests that the potential mental health benefits of intergenerational narratives can be found outside of heteronormative and biologically-based concepts of family. For example, in some circumstances, individuals who may be marginalized or rejected by family members may have limited access to stories from their biological family and instead benefit from stories deriving from “chosen families.” Preliminary work aimed at understanding social memory practices in more diverse family constructs with queer-identifying and heterosexual women demonstrated that family knowledge was only associated with lower levels of depression in heterosexual women, whereas knowledge about a chosen family member (e.g., one’s “closest friend”) had that same effect on both heterosexual women and sexual minority women ( Gardella et al, 2021 ).…”
Section: Intergenerational Memory and Mental Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%