Changes in Mental Health and Well-Being Are Associated With Living Arrangements With Parents During COVID-19 Among Sexual Minority Young Persons in the U.S.

Autor: Salerno JP; Department of Behavioral & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, 4200 Valley Drive, Suite 1234, College Park, MD, USA 20742., Doan L; Department of Sociology, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building, 3834 Campus Dr, College Park, MD, USA 20742., Sayer LC; Department of Sociology, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building, 3834 Campus Dr, College Park, MD, USA 20742., Drotning KJ; Department of Sociology, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building, 3834 Campus Dr, College Park, MD, USA 20742., Rinderknecht RG; Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography, Rostock, Germany., Fish JN; Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, 4200 Valley Drive, Suite 1234, College Park, MD, USA 20742.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity [Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers] 2023 Mar; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 150-156. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 13.
DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000520
Abstrakt: Sexual minority young persons may be at risk for compounding mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic due to their existing vulnerabilities for psychological inequities. Indeed, recent research has documented that sexual minority young persons are experiencing compounding psychiatric effects associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, researchers and practitioners hypothesized that sexual minority youth and young adults may experience unique hardships related to their sexual and gender identities and familial conflict as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and living arrangement changes with their parents and families. This study aims to investigate whether there are changes in sexual minority (and non-sexual minority) young adults' (SMYAs) mental health and wellbeing among those living with and living without their parents before and after the start of COVID-19. Among a cross-sectional sample of SMYAs (n=294; M age =22 years; age range=18-26) and non-SMYAs (n=874; M age =22 years; age range=18-26) defined by whether they were living with or living without their parents before and after the start of COVID-19, we retrospectively analyzed changes in psychological distress and wellbeing. SMYAs who returned to their parents' homes during post-onset of COVID-19 reported greater mental distress and lower wellbeing, followed by those who were living with their parents both before and after the start of COVID-19. Patterns were not consistent among non-SMYAs, and lower magnitudes of change were seen. There is a significant public health need for mental health services and family education resources for supporting SMYAs in the context of COVID-19 and beyond.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interests The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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