Everett Bethany G, Talley Amelia E, Hughes Tonda L, Wilsnack Sharon C, Johnson Timothy P
Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 380 S 1530 E Rm 301, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Oct;45(7):1731-44. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0755-x. Epub 2016 Jun 2.
Sexual minority identity (bisexual, lesbian) is a known risk factor for depression in women. This study examined a facet of minority stress prevalent among women-sexual identity mobility-as an identity-related contributor to higher levels of depressive symptoms. We used three waves of data from the Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women study, a longitudinal study of sexual minority women (N = 306). Random effects OLS regression models were constructed to examine the effect of sexual identity changes on depressive symptoms. We found that 25.6 % of the sample reported a sexual identity change between Wave I and Wave II, and 24.9 % reported a sexual identity change between Waves II and III. Women who reported a change in sexual identity also reported more depressive symptoms subsequent to identity change. This effect was moderated by the number of years participants had reported their baseline identity and by whether the participant had initiated a romantic relationship with a male partner.
性少数群体身份（双性恋、女同性恋）是已知的女性患抑郁症的风险因素。本研究考察了女性中普遍存在的少数群体压力的一个方面——性身份流动性——作为导致抑郁症状水平较高的与身份相关的因素。我们使用了来自芝加哥女性健康与生活经历研究的三波数据，这是一项对性少数群体女性的纵向研究（N = 306）。构建随机效应OLS回归模型来检验性身份变化对抑郁症状的影响。我们发现，25.6%的样本报告在第一波和第二波之间有性身份变化，24.9%的样本报告在第二波和第三波之间有性身份变化。报告有性身份变化的女性在身份变化后也报告有更多的抑郁症状。这种效应受到参与者报告其基线身份的年数以及参与者是否与男性伴侣建立浪漫关系的调节。
