How minority stress becomes traumatic invalidation: An emotion-focused conceptualization of minority stress in sexual and gender minority people.

Author(s):  
Nicole D. Cardona ◽  
Ryan J. Madigan ◽  
Shannon Sauer-Zavala
2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 999-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa R. Jonnson ◽  
Brian M. Bird ◽  
Shanna M. Y. Li ◽  
Jodi L. Viljoen

Theoretical models, such as the minority stress model, suggest that sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth may be overrepresented in the justice system. However, few studies have examined rates of SGM youth in the system, and even fewer have compared them with rates of these youth in the broader community. To obtain a more accurate estimate, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 31,258 youths and compared rates of SGM youth in the justice system with those in the community. Contrary to claims that SGM youth are overrepresented generally, this review suggests that sexual minority girls, specifically, are disproportionally involved in the justice system. Rates of involvement appeared to differ across ethnic subgroups of sexual minority youth, and evidence is inconclusive regarding the prevalence of gender minority youth in the system. Implications of these findings for researchers and justice system professionals are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 765-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunpeng Zhao ◽  
Yi Guo ◽  
Xing He ◽  
Yonghui Wu ◽  
Xi Yang ◽  
...  

Sexual and gender minorities face extreme challenges that breed stigma with alarming consequences damaging their mental health. Nevertheless, sexual and gender minority people and their mental health needs remain little understood. Because of stigma, sexual and gender minorities are often unwilling to self-identify themselves as sexual and gender minorities when asked. However, social media have become popular platforms for health-related researches. We first explored methods to find sexual and gender minorities through their self-identifying tweets, and further classified them into 11 sexual and gender minority subgroups. We then analyzed mental health signals extracted from these sexual and gender minorities’ Twitter timelines using a lexicon-based analysis method. We found that (1) sexual and gender minorities expressed more negative feelings, (2) the difference between sexual and gender minority and non-sexual and gender minority people is shrinking after 2015, (3) there are differences among sexual and gender minorities lived in different geographic regions, (4) sexual and gender minorities lived in states with sexual and gender minority-related protection laws and policies expressed more positive emotions, and (5) sexual and gender minorities expressed different levels of mental health signals across different sexual and gender minority subgroups.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 2788-2790
Author(s):  
Annesa Flentje ◽  
Juno Obedin-Maliver ◽  
Micah E. Lubensky ◽  
Zubin Dastur ◽  
Torsten Neilands ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 859-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey L. Williams ◽  
Sarah A. Job ◽  
Emerson Todd ◽  
Kelsey Braun

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Anthony Rodriguez-Seijas ◽  
Nicholas R Eaton ◽  
John E. Pachankis

Sexual and gender minority individuals experience minority stress, which is hypothesized to underlie the mental health disparities affecting these populations. Drawing on advances in mental disorder classification, we argue that transdiagnostic approaches hold great promise for understanding and reducing these disparities. In contrast to traditional diagnostic approaches, which have limited construct validity and produced a piecemeal literature, transdiagnostic approaches: (1) are evidence based, (2) account for diffuse patterns of disparities and comorbidity, (3) pinpoint psychological mechanisms linking minority stress to poor mental health, (4) reduce scientific stigma, and (5) serve as efficacious and efficient targets for transdiagnostic minority stress interventions.


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