Platt Lisa F, Wolf Julia Kay, Scheitle Christopher P
a Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia , USA.
b Department of Sociology and Anthropology , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia , USA.
J Homosex. 2018;65(2):135-153. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1311552. Epub 2017 Mar 27.
Prior studies of the utilization of mental health professionals by sexual minority populations have relied on data that are now dated or not nationally representative. These studies have also provided mixed findings regarding gender differences in the utilization of mental health professionals among sexual minority individuals. Using data from the 2013-2015 National Health Interview Surveys, this study investigates (1) how sexual minority individuals compare to heterosexual participants in their utilization of mental health professionals; and (2) gender differences in that utilization. The results indicate sexual minority individuals utilize mental health care professionals at higher rates than heterosexual individuals even after controlling for measures of mental health and other demographic characteristics; this is true for both men and women. However, gender moderates the sexual minority effect on utilization rates. Sexual minority men utilize mental health professionals at a high rate, such that their utilization rates are similar to sexual minority women, contrary to the gender gap seen among heterosexuals.
先前关于性少数群体对心理健康专业人员的利用情况的研究依赖于现已过时或不具有全国代表性的数据。这些研究在性少数群体中利用心理健康专业人员方面的性别差异上也得出了不一致的结果。本研究使用2013 - 2015年全国健康访谈调查的数据，调查了：（1）性少数群体个体在利用心理健康专业人员方面与异性恋参与者相比情况如何；以及（2）在这种利用情况上的性别差异。结果表明，即使在控制了心理健康指标和其他人口统计学特征之后，性少数群体个体利用心理健康护理专业人员的比例仍高于异性恋个体；男性和女性都是如此。然而，性别对性少数群体在利用率上的影响起到了调节作用。性少数群体男性利用心理健康专业人员的比例很高，以至于他们的利用率与性少数群体女性相似，这与异性恋者中存在的性别差距相反。
