Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
J Adolesc. 2024 Apr;96(3):443-456. doi: 10.1002/jad.12210. Epub 2023 Jun 28.
Oftentimes as result of racism, cissexism, and heterosexism, many Latinx and sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth are victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence. These experiences of victimization are in part related to increased negative mental health outcomes such as decreased self-esteem. Some research links LGBTQ-specific parental support to mental health outcomes among Latinx SGM youth, yet, no research has explored the role of LGBTQ-specific parental support with self-esteem among Latinx SGM youth.
In a sample of 1,012 Latinx SGM youth (ages 13-17), we assessed: (a) associations between sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence and self-esteem, (b) association between LGBTQ-specific parental support and self-esteem, and (c) whether LGBTQ-specific parental support moderated the relation between sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence and self-esteem. Main effect and moderation analyses examined interactions between LGBTQ-specific parental support with sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence on self-esteem.
Latinx SGM youth experienced low levels of LGBTQ-specific parental support and various degrees of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence. Also, transgender and nonbinary/genderqueer Latinx youth experienced lower self-esteem than their Latinx cisgender counterparts. Increased LGBTQ-specific parental support was related to increased self-esteem. We also identified a significant interaction between sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence and LGBTQ-specific parental support, such that parental support was more protective at low levels rather than high levels of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence among Latinx SGM youth.
Findings add to a growing body of research about the importance of LGBTQ-specific parental support for Latinx SGM youth, and the need to examine culturally appropriate approaches to understand parent-child relationship among these communities.
由于种族主义、性别认同歧视和异性恋歧视，许多拉丁裔和性少数群体/性别少数群体（SGM）青年成为性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力的受害者。这些受害经历部分与心理健康恶化有关，例如自尊心下降。一些研究将 LGBTQ 特定的父母支持与拉丁裔 SGM 青年的心理健康结果联系起来，但没有研究探讨 LGBTQ 特定的父母支持与拉丁裔 SGM 青年自尊心之间的关系。
在 1012 名拉丁裔 SGM 青年（13-17 岁）样本中，我们评估了：（a）性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力与自尊心之间的关联；（b）LGBTQ 特定的父母支持与自尊心之间的关联；（c）LGBTQ 特定的父母支持是否调节了性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力与自尊心之间的关系。主要效应和调节分析检验了 LGBTQ 特定父母支持与性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力对自尊心的相互作用。
拉丁裔 SGM 青年经历了低水平的 LGBTQ 特定父母支持和不同程度的性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力。此外，跨性别和非二元/性别酷儿拉丁裔青年的自尊心低于拉丁裔顺性别同龄人。增加 LGBTQ 特定父母支持与自尊心增加有关。我们还发现性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力与 LGBTQ 特定父母支持之间存在显著的相互作用，即父母支持在低水平而非高水平的性骚扰、性侵犯和暴力中对拉丁裔 SGM 青年更具保护作用。
研究结果增加了关于 LGBTQ 特定父母支持对拉丁裔 SGM 青年的重要性的研究，需要研究文化上适当的方法来理解这些社区中父母与子女的关系。
