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Microaggressions and depressive symptoms in sexual minority youth : The roles of rumination and social support
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dubas, Judith Semon |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Mental health disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual youth are often explained by discriminatory experiences and rejection. Although many studies focus on explicit victimization, the consequences of subtle, everyday discriminations (“microaggressions”) against sexual minority youth are unknown. With an online study among 267 Dutch sexual minority youth (aged 16-22 years) we investigated indirect associations between sexual orientation microaggression experiences and depressive symptoms through rumination and whether these could be buffered by sexuality-specific support. Microaggression experiences were indirectly related to depressive symptoms, through rumination. We found no buffering effects of support. Findings call for awareness of the potentially negative impact of subtle discriminatory experiences, in addition to explicit discrimination, and the negative mental health outcomes that may develop as a result of ruminative emotion regulation. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/43757750/Accepted_Kaufman_et_al_2017_Microaggressions_and_depressive_symptoms_PSOGD.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Buffers Deny (action) Depressive disorder Emotion Markup Language Experience Health Outcomes Mental association Mental disorders Physiological Sexual Disorders Rejection sampling Rumination Disorders Social support mental health |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |