Rios Desdamona, Eaton Asia
a Departments of Psychology and Women's Studies , University of Houston-Clear Lake , Houston , USA.
b Departments of Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies , Florida International University , Miami , USA.
Cult Health Sex. 2016 Oct;18(10):1093-106. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2016.1150516. Epub 2016 Mar 4.
In this qualitative study, we examined the sources and nature of social support reported by 24 gay, bisexual and queer Hispanic college men at a small liberal arts college and a large university in the USA. We identified four themes of support across the interviews: Shared experiences (46%), Protector (42%), Support in the air (33%) and Gradual support (29%). Shared experiences included support from those who had previous experience with the lesbian, gay or bisexual community. Protector indicated a type of support that was psychologically, emotionally or physically protective in nature. Participants also reported receiving indirect support such as nonverbal behaviours or indirect gestures of endorsement and caring (support in the air). Participants reported that many of their network members came to support them gradually over time (gradual support). Within each theme we found support from both women and men, who provided support in gender-consistent ways. Our results highlight that despite continued prejudice and discrimination in society, sexual and racial/ethnic minority men have strongholds of support from men and women in their lives that enable them to navigate their development successfully.
在这项定性研究中，我们调查了美国一所小型文理学院和一所大型大学的24名西班牙裔男同性恋、双性恋和酷儿大学生所报告的社会支持的来源和性质。通过访谈，我们确定了支持的四个主题：共同经历（46%）、保护者（42%）、无形支持（33%）和渐进支持（29%）。共同经历包括来自那些曾有过女同性恋、男同性恋或双性恋社区经历者的支持。保护者表示一种在心理、情感或身体上具有保护性质的支持类型。参与者还报告说收到了间接支持，例如非言语行为或认可与关心的间接表示（无形支持）。参与者报告说，他们的许多社交网络成员随着时间的推移逐渐给予他们支持（渐进支持）。在每个主题中，我们都发现了男性和女性提供的支持，他们以符合性别的方式给予支持。我们的研究结果表明，尽管社会中仍然存在偏见和歧视，但性少数和种族/族裔少数群体男性在生活中拥有来自男性和女性的支持堡垒，这使他们能够成功应对自身的成长发展。
