Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
J Youth Adolesc. 2010 Oct;39(10):1199-210. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9435-7. Epub 2009 Jul 14.
In this article, we examine the impact of acculturation strategies on minority stress and mental health in lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) youth in Flanders, Belgium. Building on previous identity minority studies and on the social stress model, we investigate how LGB youth acculturate within both the LGB subculture and mainstream society and how this correlates with their mental health. Our sample is taken from an online survey and represents 561 LGB youth aged 14 through 21. The four traditional acculturation strategies are represented in this population (integration, separation, marginalization, assimilation). Bisexual boys are mostly absent from separation and integration strategies; gay and lesbian youth in middle adolescence are significantly more represented in the separation strategy compared to their late adolescence counterparts. Further, our findings suggest the relevance of identification with the LGB community, especially for internalized negative attitudes toward homosexuality. LGB youth who identify with the LGB community score significantly lower on this internalized homonegativity.
在本文中，我们考察了文化适应策略对比利时佛兰德斯的女同性恋、男同性恋或双性恋（LGB）青年的少数群体压力和心理健康的影响。基于之前的身份少数群体研究和社会压力模型，我们调查了 LGB 青年如何在 LGB 亚文化和主流社会中适应，并探讨这种适应与他们的心理健康之间的关系。我们的样本来自一项在线调查，代表了 561 名年龄在 14 至 21 岁之间的 LGB 青年。在该群体中，存在四种传统的文化适应策略（融合、分离、边缘化、同化）。双性恋男孩在分离和融合策略中大多不存在；与晚期青少年相比，处于中期青少年的同性恋青年在分离策略中更为明显。此外，我们的研究结果表明，与 LGB 群体的认同尤其与对同性恋的内化负面态度有关。认同 LGB 群体的 LGB 青年在此内化的同性恋消极态度上的得分显著较低。
