HIV testing among LGBTQIA+ individuals: the impact of outness and peer openness

IF 1.9 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Pub Date : 2022-12-02 DOI:10.1080/02673843.2022.2152718

Chang X. Xu, Yaoying Xu

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study focused on individuals who classify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and any other non-heterosexual orientations (LGBTQIA+) and their general attitude towards HIV testing. The hypothesis for this study is that LGBTQIA+ individuals with lower levels of predictor variables (lower level of outness and peer openness) have significantly different attitudes towards HIV testing than those with higher levels of predictor variables. A three-part survey was passed out via quota sampling method, and 121 participants answered the survey. The result showed that there is a statistical significance between a LGBTQIA+ individual’s level of outness and their attitude towards HIV testing (p < 0.05), which leads to the conclusion that level of outness may be an indicator that predicts a LGBTQIA+ individual’s attitude towards HIV testing. Findings of this study may help understand the relationship between LGBTQIA+ individuals’ psychological barrier factors and attitudes towards HIV testing, which may inform future research and practices.

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LGBTQIA+人群的HIV检测:公开性和同伴开放性的影响

摘要本研究关注的是那些将自己归类为女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、酷儿、双性人、无性恋和任何其他非异性恋取向（LGBTQIA+）的人，以及他们对艾滋病毒检测的总体态度。这项研究的假设是，预测变量水平较低的LGBTQIA+个体（outness和同伴开放度水平较低）对HIV检测的态度与预测变量水平较高的个体显著不同。通过配额抽样法进行了一项由三部分组成的调查，121名参与者回答了调查。结果表明，LGBTQIA+个体的外向程度与他们对HIV检测的态度之间存在统计学意义（p < 0.05），这导致了这样的结论，即outness水平可能是预测LGBTQIA+个体对HIV检测态度的指标。这项研究的发现可能有助于理解LGBTQIA+个体的心理障碍因素与对HIV检测的态度之间的关系，这可能为未来的研究和实践提供信息。

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International Journal of Adolescence and Youth PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.80

自引率

2.20%

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审稿时长

9 weeks

期刊介绍： nternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth aims to identify, examine and compare particular issues, problems and policies related to adolescents and youth throughout the world. Subject areas covered include psychological growth and development, health and medical care, delinquency, social policy, employment and unemployment, education and training, spiritual and physical development, leisure, family relationships, sex education, homelessness. The Journal will be of interest to researchers in those areas, university and other higher education institutions, as well as to international, central and local government and voluntary organizations and field work agencies.