a Department of Psychology , Ryerson University and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
b Department of Psychology, Ryerson University.
J Sex Res. 2018 May-Jun;55(4-5):604-616. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1401972. Epub 2017 Nov 30.
Sexual minority men report higher psychological distress than heterosexual men, including depression and anxiety. Research suggests that these health disparities may be due to the heightened stressors that gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals experience. Some of these stressors occur early on in life, such as childhood abuse and bullying, and may include stressors that are topically related to sexual minority status, such as anti-gay bullying and teasing for gender nonconformity to masculine gender norms. We tested a structural equation model on the association between negative childhood experiences and adult psychological distress among 304 gay and bisexual men. The model fit the data well, and demonstrated an indirect effect of negative childhood experiences on adult psychological distress via dysfunctional thoughts toward oneself. The results integrate the childhood abuse and anti-gay bullying victimization literatures by showing that both forms of adverse childhood experiences are associated with adult psychological distress. The findings suggest the benefit of treatments to reduce negative, dysfunctional thoughts among gay and bisexual men who have experienced adverse childhood events.
性少数群体男性报告的心理困扰高于异性恋男性，包括抑郁和焦虑。研究表明，这些健康差距可能是由于同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者经历的压力源增加所致。其中一些压力源发生在生命早期，例如儿童期虐待和欺凌，并且可能包括与性少数群体身份有关的压力源，例如针对同性恋的欺凌和对不符合男性性别规范的性别不一致的嘲笑。我们在 304 名男同性恋和双性恋男性中测试了一个关于负面童年经历与成年心理困扰之间关联的结构方程模型。该模型很好地拟合了数据，并通过对自己的不良思维表现出了负面童年经历对成年心理困扰的间接影响。研究结果整合了儿童期虐待和反同性恋欺凌受害文献，表明这两种形式的不良童年经历都与成年心理困扰有关。这些发现表明，对于经历过不良童年事件的男同性恋和双性恋男性，减少消极、功能失调的想法的治疗方法可能会受益。
