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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 gender
Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dept. of Nursing Science. Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8798-5345
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung and School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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2022 (English)In: BMC Public Health, E-ISSN 1471-2458, Vol. 22, no 1, article id 1465Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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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.

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BioMed Central, 2022. Vol. 22, no 1, article id 1465
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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
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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
Available from: 2022-08-15 Created: 2022-08-15 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved

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