Community (dis)connectedness and identity among LGBTQIA+ people during the Covid-19 pandemic

A qualitative cross-sectional and longitudinal trajectory study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12978320
AutoresAngie R Wootton (0000-0003-1689-4793, University of California, Berkeley), Kodiak R S Soled (0000-0001-6923-7303, Harvard University), Jae A Puckett (0000-0002-8622-2039, Michigan State University), J Garrett-Walker (0000-0003-3740-9283, University of Toronto), Aaron Hill (0000-0002-9737-1718, University of California, Berkeley), Aaron Perry Hill, Kevin Delucio (0000-0001-6204-9633, Western Washington University), Cindy B Veldhuis (0000-0002-4513-9554, Northwestern University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen15
Número2
Páginas170-192
Fecha de publicación2023-07-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19419899.2023.2241868
PMID38800743
OpenAlexW4385428349
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas86

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated shelter-in-place ordinances passed in the first year of the pandemic rapidly limited access to in-person social interactions, raising concerns of diminishing social support and community cohesion while psychological stressors increased. For LGBTQIA+ people, connectedness to the LGBTQIA+ community is known to buffer against the harmful effects of stressors and decrease risks for poor psychological and behavioral health outcomes. The current study uses qualitative cross-sectional and trajectory analysis methods to characterize how LGBTQIA+ people's perceptions of community connectedness shifted during the first year of the pandemic. A convenience sample of LGBTQIA+-identified people in the U.S. completed an initial online survey in September 2020 ( n = 298 and a follow-up survey in September 2021 ( n = 129). The survey included changes in connectedness to the LGBTQIA+ community since the pandemic's beginning. Thus, we used both cross-sectional (between-person analyses) and longitudinal trajectory (within-person analyses) qualitative approaches to understanding changes in LGBTQIA+ people's sense of connection to the LGBTQIA+ community across the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight cross-cutting themes (related to identity shifts/exploration, disconnection, online connections, and increased awareness of social justice issues) were identified and then organized within each level of the Social-Ecological Model of LGBTQIA+ wellbeing (i.e., the individual-, couple-, interpersonal-, organizational-, community-, and chronosystem- level). Given the importance of social support for LGBTQIA+ wellbeing, more longitudinal research is needed to determine whether these changes persist after the resolution of the acute phase of the pandemic

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-sectional study · Developmental psychology · Identity (music · Longitudinal study · Pandemic · Qualitative research · Social connectedness · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology · Virology