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Title: Interpersonal Protective Factors for LGBTQ+ Youth at Multiple Intersecting Social Identities and Positions

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

ISSN: 2688-4518

DOI: 10.1891/LGBTQ-2022-0027

Abstract: Interpersonal supports are protective against multiple negative health outcomes for youth, such as emotional distress and substance use. However, finding interpersonal support may be difficult for youth exposed to intersecting racism, heterosexism, and cisgenderism, who may feel they are “outsiders within” their multiple communities. This study explores disparities in interpersonal supports for youth at different sociodemographic intersections. The 2019 Minnesota Student Survey includes data from 80,456 high school students, including measures of four interpersonal supports: feeling cared about by parents, other adult relatives, friends, and community adults. Exhaustive Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection analysis was used to examine all interactions among four social identities/positions (racialized/ethnic identity, sexual identity, gender identity, and sex assigned at birth) to identify groups who report different rates of caring from each source (Bonferroni adjusted p < .05). In the overall sample, 69.24 percent perceived the highest level of caring (“very much”) from parents, 50.09 percent from other adult relatives, 39.94 percent from friends, and 15.03 percent from community adults. Models identified considerable differences in each source of support. For example, more than 72 percent of straight, cisgender youth reported their parents cared about them very much, but youth who identified as LGBQ and transgender/gender diverse or gender-questioning were much less likely to report high parent caring (less than 36 percent) across multiple racialized/ethnic identities and regardless of sex assigned at birth. Findings highlight the importance of better understanding the ways interpersonal support might differ across groups and underscore a need for intersectionality-tailored interventions to develop protective interpersonal supports for LGBTQ+ youth, rather than one-size-fits-all approaches.

Url: https://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrlgbtq/early/2023/06/21/LGBTQ-2022-0027

Url: https://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrlgbtq/early/2023/06/21/LGBTQ-2022-0027.abstract

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Authors: Eisenberg, Marla E.; Gower, Amy L.; Río-González, Ana María del; Rider, G. Nic; Bowleg, Lisa; Russell, Stephen T.

Periodical (Full): Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health

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Pages: LGBTQ-2022-0027.R1

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