Relationships of familial sexual stigma and family support with internalized homonegativity among lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals: The mediating effect of self-identity disturbance and moderating effect of genderShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: BMC Public Health, E-ISSN 1471-2458, Vol. 22, no 1, article id 1465Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background: The mediators of the association between familial attitudes toward sexual orientation and internalized homonegativity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals have not been well examined. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was carried out to examine the (i) associations of familial sexual stigma and family support with internalized homonegativity among young adult LGB individuals in Taiwan, and (ii) mediating effect of self-identity disturbance and the moderating effect of gender. Self-identified LGB individuals (N = 1000; 50% males and 50% females; mean age = 24.6 years) participated in the study. Familial sexual stigma, family support, self-identity disturbance, and internalized homonegativity were assessed. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships between the variables. Results: The results indicated that familial sexual stigma was directly associated with increased internalized homonegativity, and indirectly associated with increased internalized homonegativity via the mediation of self-identity disturbance among LGB individuals. Family support was indirectly associated with decreased internalized homonegativity via the mediation of low self-identity disturbance. The direct association between family support and internalized homonegativity was only found among lesbian and bisexual women but not among gay and bisexual men. Conclusions: Program interventions for familial sexual stigma, family support, and self-identity disturbance are warranted to help reduce internalized homonegativity among LGB individuals.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
BioMed Central, 2022. Vol. 22, no 1, article id 1465
Keywords [en]
Adult, Bisexuality, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Gender Identity, Homosexuality, Female, Humans, Male, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Young Adult, article, bisexual female, bisexual male, homosexual female, human, human experiment, major clinical study, psychological well-being, self concept, sexual and gender minority, stigma, structural equation modeling, Taiwan, cross-sectional study, lesbianism, Family, Internalized homonegativity, Psychological wellbeing, Self-identity disturbance, Sexual minority
National Category
Gender Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58180DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13815-4ISI: 000834822200002PubMedID: 35915488Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85135267463Local ID: GOA;intsam;825127OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-58180DiVA, id: diva2:1687315
2022-08-152022-08-152023-08-28Bibliographically approved