Sexual Fluidity and Psychological Distress: What Happens When Young Women's Sexual Identities Change?

Autor:	Campbell A; University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Perales F; University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Hughes TL; Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA., Everett BG; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Baxter J; University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of health and social behavior [J Health Soc Behav] 2022 Dec; Vol. 63 (4), pp. 577-593. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 28.
DOI:	10.1177/00221465221086335
Abstrakt:	The sexual identities of young women today are less binary and more fluid than ever before. Several theoretical perspectives imply that this fluidity could be accompanied by distress. To examine this, we analyzed four waves of data from Australian women born 1989 to 1995 (n = 11,527). We found no evidence of a universal association between sexual identity change and psychological distress. Instead, psychological distress was elevated when women changed their identity away from the heterosexual norm and lowered when they changed their identity toward it. Social stress partly attenuated these associations. In addition, women unsure of their identity at multiple assessment points reported significantly greater psychological distress in the final assessment than women who were never unsure. Our findings suggest that greater support should be offered to women who are questioning their sexual identity or developing a minority identity.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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