Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Apr;50(3):983-1001. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01838-0. Epub 2021 Jan 4.
Sexual minority emerging adults are more likely to engage in suicidal ideation than their heterosexual counterparts. Experiences of homophobic violence are associated with suicidal ideation. Yet, the specific mechanisms linking homophobic violence to suicidal ideation remain unclear. Entrapment and social belongingness were tested to determine their relevance for understanding the link between homophobic violence and suicidal ideation. A sample of sexual minority Dutch emerging adults (N = 675; ages 18-29, M = 21.93 years, SD = 3.20) were recruited through online platforms and flyers. Homophobic violence was expected to be positively associated with suicidal ideation and entrapment. The association between homophobic violence and suicidal ideation was expected to be indirectly linked through entrapment. We explored whether various sources of social belongingness moderated the path between entrapment and suicidal ideation and whether those sources of social belongingness moderated the indirect effect of homophobic violence on suicidal ideation through entrapment. Results showed that homophobic violence and entrapment were positively associated with suicidal ideation and that family belongingness was negatively associated with suicidal ideation. Homophobic violence and suicidal ideation were not indirectly linked through entrapment. The interaction effect between entrapment and family belongingness was significant, suggesting that, on average, the effect of entrapment on suicidal ideation decreased when family belongingness was high. These results suggest that family belongingness may reduce the association between entrapment and suicidal ideation while adjusting for homophonic violence. Reducing entrapment and improving family belongingness may be useful targets for programs aimed at preventing suicidal ideation among sexual minority emerging adults.
性少数派成年初显期群体比异性恋群体更有可能产生自杀意念。恐同暴力经历与自杀意念有关。然而，将恐同暴力与自杀意念联系起来的具体机制仍不清楚。本文测试了被束缚感和社会归属感，以确定它们在理解恐同暴力与自杀意念之间的联系中的相关性。通过在线平台和传单招募了荷兰性少数成年初显期群体（N=675；年龄 18-29 岁，M=21.93 岁，SD=3.20）。预计恐同暴力与自杀意念呈正相关，与被束缚感呈正相关。预计恐同暴力与自杀意念之间的关联将通过被束缚感间接联系。我们探讨了各种社会归属感来源是否调节了被束缚感与自杀意念之间的关系，以及这些社会归属感来源是否通过被束缚感调节了恐同暴力对自杀意念的间接影响。结果表明，恐同暴力和被束缚感与自杀意念呈正相关，家庭归属感与自杀意念呈负相关。恐同暴力和自杀意念之间没有通过被束缚感间接联系。被束缚感和家庭归属感之间的交互效应显著，表明平均而言，当家庭归属感较高时，被束缚感对自杀意念的影响会降低。这些结果表明，家庭归属感可能会降低被束缚感与自杀意念之间的关联，同时调整恐同暴力的影响。减少被束缚感和提高家庭归属感可能是针对性少数成年初显期群体预防自杀意念的项目的有用目标。
