Bouris Alida, Hill Brandon J
School of Social Service Administration, Chicago Center for HIV Elimination, and Third Coast Center for AIDS Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
J Soc Issues. 2017 Sep;73(3):618-636. doi: 10.1111/josi.12234. Epub 2017 Sep 21.
Research often analyzes gender minority youth and sexual minority youth as a single group, a practice that obscures differences in how gender identity and sexual orientation shape health. The present study uses intersectionality to explore similarities and differences in the relationships between minority stress theory variables in a sample of 28 gender minority and 135 sexual minority youth of color. We also explore the mother-adolescent relationship as a potential promotive resource for minority stress research with youth. Results find few differences in minority stressors, promotive resources, or health between sexual and gender minority youth. However, different patterns in the correlations between stressors, resources, and health were observed for each group, underscoring the need for researchers to consider sexual and gender minority youth as distinct groups. Furthermore, study findings suggest that the maternal relationship may be an important promotive resource for both sexual and gender minority youth.
研究常常将性别少数群体青年和性取向少数群体青年作为一个单一群体来分析，这种做法掩盖了性别认同和性取向对健康影响方式上的差异。本研究运用交叉性理论，在一个由28名性别少数群体青年和135名有色人种性取向少数群体青年组成的样本中，探究少数群体压力理论变量之间关系的异同。我们还将亲子关系作为针对青年少数群体压力研究的一种潜在促进资源进行探究。结果发现，性取向少数群体青年和性别少数群体青年在少数群体压力源、促进资源或健康方面几乎没有差异。然而，观察到每组在压力源、资源和健康之间的相关性存在不同模式，这突出表明研究人员需要将性取向少数群体青年和性别少数群体青年视为不同群体。此外，研究结果表明，亲子关系可能是性取向少数群体青年和性别少数群体青年的重要促进资源。
