Protective Factors, Campus Climate, and Health Outcomes among Sexual Minority College Students

Autor/inn/en	Woodford, Michael R.; Kulick, Alex; Atteberry, Brittanie
Titel	Protective Factors, Campus Climate, and Health Outcomes among Sexual Minority College Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 8 (2015) 2, S.73-87 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/a0038552
Schlagwörter	Campuses; Educational Environment; Sexual Orientation; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Minority Groups; Homosexuality; Risk; Bullying; Self Esteem; Mental Health; Physical Health; Role; Correlation; Alcohol Abuse; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Exercise; Interpersonal Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; College Faculty; College Students; Measures (Individuals); Regression (Statistics); Stress Variables; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Brief Symptom Inventory; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Sexuelle Orientierung; Angst; Ethnische Minderheit; Homosexualität; Risiko; Mobbing; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Psychohygiene; Gesundheitszustand; Rollen; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Übung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Messdaten; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Heterosexism on campus can create a chilly climate for sexual minority students. Research has documented the negative impacts of campus climate on sexual minority students' health; however, little research has examined the role of potential protective factors among this population. Drawing on data collected from self-identified sexual minority students as part of a larger campus climate study, we examine the relationship between heterosexism on campus (experiential and psychological) and mental health (depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse) and negative physical health symptoms. To explore potential protective factors, we investigate the role of individual-level (self-esteem and physical exercise) and interpersonal-level (LGB friends and instructor relations) variables on the climate-mental/physical health relationships. Our findings suggest that experiencing heterosexist harassment, but not perceived attitudes toward sexual minorities, is a risk factor for all 4 outcomes. Further, exercise moderated the impacts of heterosexist harassment on depression and anxiety, self-esteem and LGB friends moderated the impacts of heterosexist harassment on risk for alcohol abuse, and instructor relations moderated the relationship between heterosexist harassment and negative physical health symptoms. Practitioners and researchers should consider the specific buffering impacts of protective factors on health outcomes among sexual minority students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01