A Longitudinal Test of the Relative and Interactive Effects of Minority Stress and Sexual Victimization on Mental Health Among Sexual Minority Adolescents

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Interpersonal Violence Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI:10.1177/08862605251363622

Benjamin W. Katz, Juan R. Cabrera, Jennifer A. Poon, Sheree M. Schrager, Jeremy T. Goldbach, Brian A. Feinstein

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Sexual minority adolescents (SMAs) are at increased risk for adverse mental health outcomes (e.g., posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms, suicidal ideation) compared to heterosexual adolescents. Most research has focused on the relationship between minority stress (e.g., discrimination) and mental health among SMAs. However, the extent to which minority stress and other forms of victimization, including sexual victimization, simultaneously influence SMAs’ mental health is understudied. Therefore, the goal of the current study was to examine the relative and interactive effects of minority stress and sexual victimization on changes in mental health over 6 months among SMAs. The analytic sample included 967 SMA ages 14 to 17 (68.15% cisgender girls, 57.91% non-Latinx White) who completed online surveys at 2 time points as part of a longitudinal study. Bivariate correlations indicated positive associations between minority stress and sexual victimization at baseline and each mental health outcome at baseline and 6-month follow-up. When minority stress and sexual victimization at baseline were included as simultaneous predictors of each mental health outcome at 6-month follow-up (controlling for each mental health outcome at baseline), minority stress was significantly associated with increases in posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression symptoms, and suicidal ideation. In contrast, sexual victimization and the interaction between minority stress and sexual victimization were not significant. These findings provide longitudinal support for the role of minority stress in the mental health of SMAs, highlighting the need for interventions that target minority stress to improve mental health. Given that sexual victimization was not significantly associated with mental health after accounting for minority stress, additional research is needed to better understand the relative influences of minority stress and sexual victimization on the mental health of SMAs.

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性少数群体压力与性受害对青少年心理健康影响的纵向检验

与异性恋青少年相比，性少数青少年出现不良心理健康结果（如创伤后应激和抑郁症状、自杀意念）的风险更高。大多数研究都集中在少数民族压力（如歧视）与sma心理健康之间的关系上。然而，少数民族压力和其他形式的受害，包括性受害，在多大程度上同时影响sma的心理健康，尚未得到充分研究。因此，本研究的目的是研究少数民族压力和性受害对6个月以上的sma患者心理健康变化的相对影响和相互作用。分析样本包括967名14至17岁的SMA（68.15%的顺性别女孩，57.91%的非拉丁裔白人），他们在2个时间点完成了在线调查，作为纵向研究的一部分。双变量相关表明，在基线时，少数民族压力和性受害与基线和6个月随访时的各项心理健康结果呈正相关。当在6个月的随访中，将基线时的少数民族压力和性受害作为每项心理健康结果的同时预测因子（控制基线时的每项心理健康结果）时，少数民族压力与创伤后应激症状、抑郁症状和自杀意念的增加显著相关。性受害、少数民族压力与性受害的交互作用不显著。这些研究结果为少数民族压力在sma心理健康中的作用提供了纵向支持，突出了针对少数民族压力的干预措施以改善心理健康的必要性。考虑到少数群体压力对心理健康的影响不显著，需要进一步的研究来更好地了解少数群体压力和性受害对心理健康的相对影响。

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Journal of Interpersonal Violence Multiple-

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6.20

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12.00%

发文量

375

期刊介绍： The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.