ERIC Number: EJ1429153
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Associations between Living Arrangement and Sexual and Gender Minority Stressors among University Students since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of American College Health, v72 n5 p1379-1386 2024
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[subscript 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 ([beta] [95% C.I.] = 0.62 [0.10, 1.15]; p = 0.020) and familial rejection ([beta] [95% C.I.] = 1.56 [0.72, 2.41]; p < 0.001) 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.
Descriptors: Place of Residence, LGBTQ People, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Minority Group Students, Stress Variables, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Parent Child Relationship, Family Environment, Social Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (DHHS/PHS); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) (DHHS/NIH); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: T32DA023356; 1R36MH123043; U48DP006382; 1F31MD015988; P2CHD041041