Differential Patterns of Mental Health Status Among LGBT+ People in Malaysia

A Brief Report

Bibliographic Data

ID3650883
AuthorsJun Wei Liow (0000-0002-3140-1144, University of Hong Kong), Amirul Hakim Shamsudin (0009-0003-2729-3085, University of Malaya), Sheau Huey Ho (0009-0004-7249-9506, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman), Andrian Liem (0000-0002-1746-7235, Monash University Malaysia), K K H Tan (0000-0001-6831-7045, University of Waikato, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume72
Issue13
Pages2502-2509
Publication date2025-11-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2024.2433055
PMID39626099
OpenAlexW4404948955
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

There are scant LGBT+ studies in Southeast Asia exploring mental health differences across multiple social identities. Using data from the Malaysian KAMI Survey (n = 718), we conducted bivariate regression analyses to investigate the association between sociodemographic backgrounds and the prevalence of depression, anxiety, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicidality. Results showed that younger participants, those questioning their sexual orientation (compared to gay or lesbian), cisgender women, trans men, and non-binary individuals (compared to cisgender men) reported significantly higher levels of mental ill-health. Our intercategorical analysis builds a foundation for future intersectional-based research in response to public health challenges for vulnerable LGBT+ groups

Anxiety · Association (psychology · Bivariate analysis · Depression (economics · Lesbian · Mental health · Psychiatry · Public health · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Transgender · Clinical Psychology · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology