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Queer Minority Stress and Resilience in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study
Behrens, Jan (2024) Queer Minority Stress and Resilience in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study.
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| Abstract: | Background. Sexual and gender minorities report higher rates of adverse mental health and well-being than their cisgender and heterosexual peers. This disparity can be explained as a function of stress experienced due to minority identity membership. Specifically, queer minority stress and resilience processes. The current study investigated the within-person associations of these in everyday life. Methods. Ecological momentary assessment was applied across 14 days, consisting of five daily assessments through brief surveys. The sample (N = 22, Mage= 22.86) was 91% Dutch, 100% sexual minorities, 73% gender minorities, and recruited through local queer associations. Conditional process analysis (CPA) was applied to investigate within-person associations between constructs. Results. Event-based constructs had substantial portions of within-person variability and constructs relating to internally held beliefs were better explained by differences on the between-person level. CPA results affirmed the theoretical framework. Distal stress predicted momentary increases adverse mental health and well-being directly, and through proximal stress. Discussion. The study demonstrates the extent to which minority stress and resilience processes are relevant on an event-level in the daily lives of queer people. Researchers should aim to mitigate minority stress and enhance resilience factors amongst queer people on both interpersonal and intrapersonal levels moving forward. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general, 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Awards: | ARPH Conference 2024 Best Oral Presentation |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/98621 |
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