The Fear of Being Associated with Sexual Minority Close Others: Socio-Cultural Predictors of Sexual Minority Affiliate Stigma

Yao, Elvin; Li, Yuhua; Wang, Chunhui

doi:10.1007/s12119-020-09801-w

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“…One study examined associations between LGB-ASM subscales and attachment style in parents of LGB individuals, finding that greater parental stigma exposure was significantly associated with higher levels of parental insecure attachment (Mastropaolo, 2019). The other study examined sociocultural correlates of the LGB-ASM in two Chinese communities and found that greater endorsement of Western culture and less perceived anti-SGM stigma were associated with less self-reported stigma experiences (Yao et al, 2021). However, in the latter study only a quarter of the sample reported having an LGB close friend or family member.…”

Section: Stigma Experiences and Parents Of Sgm Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth.

Clark,

Argiros,

Dougherty

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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Parents of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth play an important role in supporting their SGM child’s mental health in the face of stigma. Yet, parents of SGM youth may themselves experience stigma, including discrimination/rejection, and its emotional consequences, including vicarious stigma and shame. The present cross-sectional study leveraged a national sample of parents of SGM youth to investigate associations between parents’ stigma experiences and self-reported anxiety and depression symptoms. Further, we additionally explored sociodemographic and contextual correlates of parents’ stigma experiences. Participants included 264 parents (Mage = 46) who reported having at least one SGM child under age 30 (Mage = 18). The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual-Affiliate Stigma Measure (LGB-ASM) assessed parents’ experiences of discrimination/rejection (e.g., actual and anticipated rejection experiences due to having an SGM child), vicarious stigma (e.g., worry and concern for one’s SGM child), and shame (e.g., feeling embarrassed for having an SGM child). Parents indicated their anxiety and depressive symptoms using respective Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System—short forms. Results showed that vicarious stigma and shame, but not discrimination/rejection, were uniquely associated with parents’ increased symptoms of anxiety (vicarious stigma: β = 1.59, p < .001; shame: β = 2.15, p < .001) and depression (vicarious stigma: β = 0.90, p < .01; shame: β = 2.77, p < .001). Further, parents with more accepting religious, racial, ethnic, and/or cultural communities reported lower stigma experiences. This study advances understanding of how the psychological consequences of stigma extend beyond SGM people themselves and contribute to mental health difficulties in parents of SGM youth.

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Section: Stigma Experiences and Parents Of Sgm Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth.

Clark,

Argiros,

Dougherty

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Gay Adults’ Reactions to Same-Gender versus Other-Gender Flirtation: Findings from a German Study

Kranz,

Guell,

Rosenbach

2024

Arch Sex Behav

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Using a vignette methodology, this study examined reactions to same-gender versus other-gender flirtation in a sample of 445 German young adults: 320 participants with a heterosexual orientation and 125 participants with a lesbian or gay (LG) orientation. Even in LG-friendly societies as Germany, receiving advances from someone of the same gender might still evoke heterosexuals’ homonegativity. Another factor that might influence heterosexuals’ reactions to same-gender flirtation is the fear of being misidentified as LG (social contagion concerns). Contrary to hypothesis, results provided little evidence to classify heterosexual participants’ reactions to same-gender flirters as homonegative. Firstly, heterosexual participants showed the same degree of negative affect and avoidance behavior in the same-gender flirtation condition as LG participants did in the other-gender flirtation condition. Only positive affect scores were somewhat lower for heterosexual participants in the same-gender flirtation condition compared to LG participants in the other-gender flirtation condition. Secondly, when anti-LG attitudes and social contagion concerns were considered together, only social contagion concerns contributed to explaining variance in heterosexual participants’ response to same-gender flirters. Specifically, the impact of social contagion concerns on heterosexual participants’ avoidance of same-gender flirters was mediated by (lacking) positive affect, but not negative affect.

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Culture, Sexual Orientation, and Distress Among LGBQ Asian and Pacific Islander Individuals

Kase,

Chong,

Mohr

2024

The Counseling Psychologist

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Individuals of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ) are underrepresented within the racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority literature. The present exploratory study examined how API cultural variables (i.e., enculturation, collectivism, norm conformity) and sexual orientation stigma variables (i.e., internalized homonegativity, concealment, outness to family) separately and interactively predicted distress in a sample of 378 LGBQ API adults. Results revealed interaction effects for each of the cultural and sexual orientation stigma variables. For example, the relation between enculturation and distress was found to be negative at low levels of internalized homonegativity but positive at very high levels of internalized homonegativity. These findings illustrate the dynamic interplay between culture and sexual orientation for LGBQ APIs.

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The Fear of Being Associated with Sexual Minority Close Others: Socio-Cultural Predictors of Sexual Minority Affiliate Stigma

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth.

Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth.

Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Gay Adults’ Reactions to Same-Gender versus Other-Gender Flirtation: Findings from a German Study

Culture, Sexual Orientation, and Distress Among LGBQ Asian and Pacific Islander Individuals

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