Lozano-Verduzco Ignacio, Vega-Cauich Julio, Mendoza-Pérez Juan Carlos, Craig Shelley L
Academic Area 3, National Pedagogic University, Carretera al Ajusco No. 24 Col. Héroes de Padierna, Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14200 Mexico.
School of Education, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mérida, Yucatán Mexico.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2023 May 2:1-18. doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01064-4.
The COVID-19 pandemic created mental health challenges for LGBTQ + communities worldwide, however there is a paucity of research on Mexican populations. Existing data show that LGBTQ + people in Mexico experience acute forms of violence and discrimination that impact their mental health. This article explores the relationship between social support, discrimination, and mental health for LGBTQ + populations in Mexico (N = 1525) during the COVID-19 lockdown. Utilizing social media recruitment strategies, participants answered an online survey exploring five mental health indicators: depression, anxiety, stress, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt during lockdown. Mediating, and multiple regression analyses revealed that neuroticism is the most important variable in predicting poor mental health, and that perceived social support plays a mediating role in the case of depression. Discomfort with one's own family holds positive correlations with mental health indicators, showing that the greater the discomfort, higher levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal ideation. Results also showed that discrimination, and drug use hold significant relationships to suicidal attempt. Practice recommendations for Mexican LGBTQ + communities are offered.
新冠疫情给全球 LGBTQ+ 群体带来了心理健康挑战，然而针对墨西哥人群的研究却很匮乏。现有数据表明，墨西哥的 LGBTQ+ 人群遭受着影响其心理健康的严重暴力和歧视形式。本文探讨了新冠疫情封锁期间墨西哥 LGBTQ+ 人群（N = 1525）的社会支持、歧视与心理健康之间的关系。通过社交媒体招募策略，参与者回答了一项在线调查，该调查探讨了五个心理健康指标：封锁期间的抑郁、焦虑、压力、自杀意念和自杀未遂情况。中介效应和多元回归分析显示，神经质是预测心理健康不佳的最重要变量，而感知到的社会支持在抑郁情况下起中介作用。与自己家庭关系不融洽与心理健康指标呈正相关，表明不融洽程度越高，抑郁、焦虑、压力和自杀意念水平越高。结果还表明，歧视和吸毒与自杀未遂有显著关系。文中为墨西哥 LGBTQ+ 群体提供了实践建议。
