Family rejection and LGBTQ+ Asian Americans' psychological distress and disordered eating: The role of conflicts in allegiances and family shame.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-29 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000633

M Valle Pease, Thomas P Le, Lydia HaRim Ahn

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Abstract

Objectives: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) Asian Americans experience unique psychological health concerns at the intersection of multiple forms of marginalization. White supremacist, cisheteronormative, and colonial ideals and their structural and interpersonal manifestations may encourage family rejection of LGBTQ+ identities within Asian American family units. Family shame, conflicts in allegiances, and internalized anti-LGBTQ+ stigma were hypothesized as mediators in the association between family rejection and psychological distress and disordered eating.

Method: The present study examined family rejection and its impacts on psychological distress and disordered eating in a sample of LGBTQ+ Asian American adults (N = 155; M_age = 24.26; 30.3% gender diverse) using a cross-sectional survey design and path analysis.

Results: There was a significant serial mediation such that family rejection was positively associated with conflicts in allegiances, family shame, and psychological distress (B = .12, p = .01). The same serial mediation was nonsignificant for disordered eating (B = .04, p = .26).

Conclusions: Results indicate the importance of considering conflicts in allegiances, family shame, and the interpersonal dynamics of LGBTQ+ Asian Americans in understanding experiences of psychological distress and disordered eating. Implications are drawn for further research, clinical work, and broader efforts addressing the larger sociocultural environment that encourages family rejection of LGBTQ+ identity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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家庭排斥与 LGBTQ+ 亚裔美国人的心理困扰和饮食失调：忠诚与家丑冲突的作用。

目标：美国亚裔女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人和同性恋者（LGBTQ+）在多种形式的边缘化交织中经历着独特的心理健康问题。白人至上主义、双性恋和殖民主义的理想及其结构性和人际关系的表现形式，可能会鼓励家庭排斥亚裔美国人家庭中的 LGBTQ+ 身份。家庭羞耻感、忠诚冲突和内化的反 LGBTQ+ 耻辱被假定为家庭排斥与心理困扰和饮食失调之间关系的中介因素：本研究采用横断面调查设计和路径分析方法，在 LGBTQ+ 亚裔美国成年人样本（样本数 = 155；年龄 = 24.26；30.3% 的性别多元化）中研究了家庭排斥及其对心理困扰和饮食失调的影响：结果：家庭排斥与忠诚冲突、家庭羞耻感和心理困扰呈正相关（B = .12，p = .01）。同样的序列中介作用在饮食失调方面不显著（B = .04，p = .26）：结论：研究结果表明，在理解 LGBTQ+ 亚裔美国人的心理困扰和饮食失调经历时，考虑忠诚冲突、家庭羞耻感和人际动态是非常重要的。该研究还为进一步的研究、临床工作和更广泛的努力提供了启示，这些努力旨在解决助长家庭排斥 LGBTQ+ 身份的更广泛的社会文化环境问题。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

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5.90

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6.10%

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101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.