Sources of Social Support and Mental Health among LGB Youth

Autor/inn/en	Watson, Ryan J.; Grossman, Arnold H.; Russell, Stephen T.
Titel	Sources of Social Support and Mental Health among LGB Youth
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 51 (2019) 1, S.30-48 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X16660110
Schlagwörter	Homosexuality; Sexual Orientation; Sexual Identity; Social Support Groups; Peer Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Depression (Psychology); Self Esteem; Psychological Patterns; College Students; Measures (Individuals); Self Concept Measures; Youth; Beck Depression Inventory; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Peer-Beziehungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Collegestudent; Messdaten; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter
Abstract	Disparities in psychosocial adjustment have been identified for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth, yet research that explores multiple sources of social support among subgroups of LGB youth is sparse. Social support theory is used as a framework to analyze the ways that different sources of support might promote better psychosocial adjustment for LGB youth. Data from a diverse sample among LGB youth (N = 835) were used to understand how social support from a close friend, teachers, classmates, and parents might be differently associated with depression and self-esteem. We found that parent support and its importance to the participant were consistently related to higher self-esteem and lower depression for all youth, except for lesbians for whom no forms of social support were associated with self-esteem. Teacher and classmate support influenced some subgroups more than others. These results provide parents, clinicians, and schools a roadmap to assist youth navigate supports. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01