Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, P.O. Box LG 84, Accra, Ghana.
School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jun 3;13(1):271. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05111-4.
We sought to estimate the prevalence of self-reported self-harm among adolescents identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) in Ghana, and compare self-reported personal and social adversities related to self-harm in this group to those in a random sample of heterosexual adolescents from the same locality.
A total of 444 adolescents aged 13-21 years, comprising 74 LGBT adolescents and 370 heterosexual adolescents, provided data. The lifetime prevalence estimate of self-harm was higher in the LGBT group (47%) than the heterosexual group (23%). The LGBT group reported a higher rate of self-harm during the previous 12 months (45%), compared to the heterosexual group (18%). LGBT adolescents reported more alcohol and substance use and more personal social adversities, including various forms of victimisation, than heterosexual adolescents. They were no more likely to report difficulty in making and keeping friends or schoolwork problems than were heterosexual adolescents.
我们旨在估计在加纳自认为是女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别(LGBT)的青少年中自我报告的自我伤害的流行率,并将该群体中与自我伤害相关的自我报告的个人和社会逆境与来自同一地区的异性恋青少年的随机样本进行比较。
共有 444 名 13-21 岁的青少年提供了数据,其中包括 74 名 LGBT 青少年和 370 名异性恋青少年。LGBT 群体(47%)的自我伤害终生患病率高于异性恋群体(23%)。与异性恋群体(18%)相比,LGBT 群体报告在过去 12 个月内自我伤害的发生率更高(45%)。LGBT 青少年报告更多的酒精和物质使用以及更多的个人社会逆境,包括各种形式的受害,而异性恋青少年则更多。与异性恋青少年相比,他们更不可能报告难以结交朋友或有学业问题。