Toomey Russell B, Ryan Caitlin, Diaz Rafael M, Russell Stephen T
a Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences , University of Arizona , Tucson , Arizona , USA.
b Family Acceptance Project , San Francisco State University , San Francisco , California , USA.
J Homosex. 2018;65(4):484-500. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1321888. Epub 2017 Jun 1.
Little is known about how adolescents cope with minority stressors related to sexual orientation. This study examined 245 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) young adult's (ages 21-25) retrospective reports of coping in response to LGB minority stress during adolescence (ages 13-19) to test the reliability and validity of a measure of minority stress coping. Further, the study examined associations between LGB minority stress coping and young adult psychosocial adjustment and high school attainment. Validation and reliability was found for three minority stress coping strategies: LGB-specific strategies (e.g., involvement with LGBT organizations), alternative-seeking strategies (e.g., finding new friends), and cognitive strategies (e.g., imagining a better future). LGB-specific strategies were associated with better psychosocial adjustment and greater likelihood of high school attainment in young adulthood, whereas alternative-seeking and cognitive-based strategies were associated with poorer adjustment and less likelihood of high school attainment.
关于青少年如何应对与性取向相关的少数群体压力源，我们所知甚少。本研究调查了245名女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）青年（年龄在21至25岁之间）对青春期（13至19岁）应对LGB少数群体压力的回顾性报告，以测试一种少数群体压力应对测量方法的信效度。此外，该研究还考察了LGB少数群体压力应对与青年期心理社会适应及高中教育程度之间的关联。研究发现三种少数群体压力应对策略具有效度和信度：特定于LGB的策略（例如，参与LGBT组织）、寻求替代策略（例如，结交新朋友）和认知策略（例如，想象更美好的未来）。特定于LGB的策略与更好的心理社会适应以及青年期更高的高中教育程度可能性相关，而寻求替代和基于认知的策略则与较差的适应以及较低的高中教育程度可能性相关。
