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Sexual minority young adults’ perspectives on how minority stress and other factors negatively affect self-esteem: a qualitative interview study

Sexual minority young adults (lesbian, gay and bisexual), are at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. On average they also have lower self-esteem which may contribute to the development or maintenance of mental illnesses. Interventions to improve self-...

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Autores principales: Bridge, Livia, Smith, Patrick, Rimes, Katharine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9519118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36151832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2022.2051444
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description Sexual minority young adults (lesbian, gay and bisexual), are at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. On average they also have lower self-esteem which may contribute to the development or maintenance of mental illnesses. Interventions to improve self-esteem could improve well-being and reduce mental ill-health risk in sexual minority young adults. It is important to understand the processes that contribute to lower self-esteem in this population. The present study aimed to explore these processes. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 20 sexual minority young adults (age 16–24 years) with a range of self-esteem levels. Using thematic analysis, three overarching areas were idenitified: ’Negative social evaluations and reduced belonging’, ‘Striving and failing to meet standards’, and ‘Negative sexual orientation processes’. These findings have theoretical implications for minority stress models of mental health inequalities, highlighting the potential interaction between minority-specific and more general risk factors for mental health problems. Findings also have clinical implications for the development of tailored interventions to help improve low self-esteem in sexual minority young adults.
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spelling pubmed-95191182022-09-29 Sexual minority young adults’ perspectives on how minority stress and other factors negatively affect self-esteem: a qualitative interview study Bridge, Livia Smith, Patrick Rimes, Katharine A. Int Rev Psychiatry Research Articles Sexual minority young adults (lesbian, gay and bisexual), are at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. On average they also have lower self-esteem which may contribute to the development or maintenance of mental illnesses. Interventions to improve self-esteem could improve well-being and reduce mental ill-health risk in sexual minority young adults. It is important to understand the processes that contribute to lower self-esteem in this population. The present study aimed to explore these processes. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 20 sexual minority young adults (age 16–24 years) with a range of self-esteem levels. Using thematic analysis, three overarching areas were idenitified: ’Negative social evaluations and reduced belonging’, ‘Striving and failing to meet standards’, and ‘Negative sexual orientation processes’. These findings have theoretical implications for minority stress models of mental health inequalities, highlighting the potential interaction between minority-specific and more general risk factors for mental health problems. Findings also have clinical implications for the development of tailored interventions to help improve low self-esteem in sexual minority young adults. Taylor & Francis 2022-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9519118/ /pubmed/36151832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2022.2051444 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9519118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36151832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2022.2051444
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