School of Social Work, 242612Rutgers University, New Brunswic, NJ, USA.
Violence and Justice Research Laboratory, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1848Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Dec;37(23-24):NP23513-NP23526. doi: 10.1177/08862605221076168. Epub 2022 Mar 4.
Limited previous research has explored the intersectional stress and trauma sexual minority (SM) Latinx youth experience generated by being part of at least two minoritized groups. The Dating Violence among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) study employed a national sample of Latinx youth and queried a range of victimizations in the past year, via a bilingual phone survey. Of the 1525 12-18-year-old youth interviewed for DAVILA, 123 either identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual or had at least one same-sex dating partner. Measures included the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, the Conflict Tactics Scale Short Form, Brief Symptom Inventory, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Rates of dating violence, psychological dating violence, sexual victimization, and polyvictimization were significantly higher among sexual minority (SM) youth, compared to heterosexual (HET) youth. Victimized SM youth had significantly more depression, anxiety, and hostility than victimized HET youth. Sexual minority youth also reported less social support from family and significant others. A sequential regression showed psychosocial factors of mental health functioning and social support were associated with the number of victimizations above and beyond demographic factors, including SM status. Together these results underscore that SM youth experience greater adverse outcomes than HET youth. However, it is not SM status that directly relates to victimization, but the negative effects of psychological distress and low social support, that account for the higher number of victimizations of SM Latinx youth. These factors are closely linked to the stigmatization that SM youth face. As such efforts to destigmatize SM identities are needed to address the health and safety of SM Latinx youth.
先前的研究有限，探索了性少数群体（SM）拉丁裔青年在属于至少两个少数群体时所经历的交叉压力和创伤。《拉丁裔青少年约会暴力研究》（DAVILA）采用全国性的拉丁裔青年样本，通过双语电话调查询问过去一年的一系列受害情况。在接受 DAVILA 采访的 1525 名 12-18 岁的青年中，有 123 人要么认同为女同性恋、男同性恋或双性恋，要么至少有一个同性约会伴侣。测量包括青少年受害问卷、冲突策略量表短式、简要症状量表和多维感知社会支持量表。与异性恋（HET）青年相比，性少数群体（SM）青年的约会暴力、心理约会暴力、性受害和多受害率显著更高。受害的 SM 青年比受害的 HET 青年表现出更多的抑郁、焦虑和敌意。SM 青年也报告来自家庭和重要他人的社会支持较少。顺序回归显示心理健康功能和社会支持的心理社会因素与人口统计学因素（包括 SM 身份）一起与受害次数相关。这些结果表明，SM 青年比 HET 青年经历更多的不良后果。然而，与受害直接相关的不是 SM 身份，而是心理困扰和低社会支持的负面影响，这解释了 SM 拉丁裔青年受害次数更多的原因。这些因素与 SM 青年面临的污名化密切相关。因此，需要努力消除 SM 身份的污名化，以解决 SM 拉丁裔青年的健康和安全问题。
