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Publication Date: 2018
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Depression and Attempted Suicide among LGBTQ College Students: Fostering Resilience to the Effects of Heterosexism and Cisgenderism on Campus
Woodford, Michael R.; Weber, Genevieve; Nicolazzo, Z.; Hunt, Renee; Kulick, Alex; Coleman, Todd; Coulombe, Simon; Renn, Kristen A.
Journal of College Student Development, v59 n4 p421-438 Jul-Aug 2018
Little is known is about the impacts of covert and overt discrimination and the protective factors for depression and suicide among LGBTQ students. Using multivariable regression analyses of a national sample of cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer students and trans* students (n = 776), we examined the association between mental health and microaggressions, victimization, psychological resilience, pride, and outness. In models of all risk and protective factors, interpersonal microaggressions was a risk factor for depression and attempted suicide among cisgender LGBQ students and was also a risk factor among trans* students for depression. In all but 1 model, resilience was a protective factor. Resilience moderated the microaggressions-suicide relationship among cisgender LGBQ students, whereas pride moderated the victimization-depression relationship among trans* students.
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Correlation, Antisocial Behavior, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Minority Group Students, Suicide, Social Bias, Resilience (Psychology), Self Concept, Interpersonal Relationship, Well Being, Measures (Individuals), Academic Achievement, Likert Scales, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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