Associations with LGBTQ+ mental health disparities during the Covid-19 pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12978464
AutoresSarah E Victor (0000-0002-7944-7299, Texas Tech University, autor de correspondencia), Theresa H Trieu (0000-0002-1744-0155), Terry H Trieu, Nicole E Seymour (Missouri Department of Mental Health)
Año2023
Volumen14
Número3
Páginas495-512
Fecha de publicación2023-02-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19419899.2023.2179938
OpenAlexW4320919344
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas70

The COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous, and unequal, burdens on mental and physical health throughout the United States. Prior work suggests that LGBTQ+ individuals have experienced disproportionate harms during the COVID-19 pandemic, but potential mechanisms underlying these disparities remain unclear. In a large (N = 893) sample of US LGBTQ+ adults, we examined four theoretically derived risk factors as potential contributors to depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation during the summer of 2020. Stressors and disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic were common, with over 25% of participants experiencing changes in their living situation, 40% reporting interruptions in health care access, and high levels of stress due to social isolation, financial concerns, and increased mental health symptoms. We found that social disconnection, disruptions in health care, financial strain, and efforts to avoid disclosing one’s sexual orientation or gender identity at home were each associated with poorer mental health, with the largest effects evident for identity disclosure avoidance. Transgender and non-binary adults reported poorer mental health overall, but gender identity did not moderate the effects of other tested risk factors. Results highlight the importance of considering LGBTQ+ mental health in the context of minority stressors, in addition to more general social determinants of health

Anxiety · Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Environmental health · Health equity · Mental health · Minority stress · Pandemic · Poison control · Psychiatry · Public health · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Social isolation · Stressor · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Transgender · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology