Associations between living arrangement and sexual and gender minority stressors among university students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Algarin AB; Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA., Salerno JP; Department of Behavioral & Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA., Shrader CH; Mailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, New York, USA., Lee JY; Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA., Fish JN; Department of Family Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2024 Jul; Vol. 72 (5), pp. 1379-1386. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 03.
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2076560
Abstrakt: Objective: To examine the associations between COVID-19-related living arrangements and sexual and gender minority (SGM)-related stressors (ie, identity concealment and familial rejection).
Participants: N  = 478 SGM university students ( M age = 22 years, SD  = 4.00).
Methods: SGM university students were surveyed cross-sectionally between May and August 2020 regarding SGM-related stressors and living arrangements since the start of COVID-19.
Results: Approximately half (48.7%) of the sample reported a living rearrangement to their parents' home due to COVID-19. Living rearrangement to parents' homes was associated with an increased degree of identity concealment (β [95% C.I.] = 0.62 [0.10, 1.15]; p  = .020) and familial rejection (β [95% C.I.] = 1.56 [0.72, 2.41]; p  < .001) since the start of COVID-19 compared to stably living without parents (34.3%). Stably living with parents (17.0%) was not associated with increased degree of SGM-related stressors compared to experiencing a living rearrangement.
Conclusions: Stakeholders must consider the unique identity-related vulnerabilities of SGM students living with parents and who experience living rearrangements due to COVID-19.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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