Wootton Angie R, Drabble Laurie A, Sterzing Paul R, Bochicchio Lauren A, Munroe Cat, Riggle Ellen D B, Kerrison Erin Michelle Turner, Hughes Tonda L
School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12222 and School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 120 Haviland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
School of Social Work, San Jose State University, One Washington Square, WSQ 215, San Jose, CA 95192 and Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 6001 Shellmound Street, Suite 450, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
Sex Gend Divers Soc Serv. 2025 Jul 2. doi: 10.1080/29933021.2025.2526026.
The COVID-19 pandemic created barriers to social support for sexual minority women (SMW), which is vital to the promotion of mental and behavioral health resilience when confronting prolonged and/or excessive stress. We used phenomenological analysis to characterize ways SMW experienced and fostered social support during the pandemic. Seventeen Black, Latina, and White SMW completed Zoom and telephone interviews about their experiences during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, including changes in support from family, friends, partners, neighbors, colleagues, and the LGBTQ+ community. Study findings highlight the importance of social support and mutual aid for SMW's resilience and wellbeing during the pandemic.
新冠疫情给性少数群体女性（SMW）的社会支持造成了障碍，而在面对长期和/或过度压力时，社会支持对于促进心理和行为健康恢复力至关重要。我们采用现象学分析方法来描述性少数群体女性在疫情期间获得和促进社会支持的方式。17名黑人、拉丁裔和白人的性少数群体女性完成了关于她们在新冠疫情最初几个月经历的Zoom和电话访谈，内容包括来自家人、朋友、伴侣、邻居、同事以及 LGBTQ+ 社区的支持变化。研究结果凸显了疫情期间社会支持和互助对性少数群体女性恢复力和幸福感的重要性。
