The Formation and Benefits of Natural Mentoring for African American Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110642
Author(s):  
Michelle R. Kaufman ◽  
Chichun Lin ◽  
Deb Levine ◽  
Maritza Salcido ◽  
Albert Casella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Sexual Interest ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Natural Mentoring ◽  
And Gender

This study explored how mentoring begins and the benefits provided for African American sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) youth. Participants were mentors and mentees living in three Mid-Atlantic cities. Mentees (ages 15–21, n = 14) identified as African American; cisgender male, transgender female, or non-binary assigned male; and had sexual interest in men. Mentor participants (ages 18+, n = 13) mentored such youth. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with mentoring relationship partners (both partners did not necessarily participate). All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and imported into Atlas.ti. Using a basic interpretive qualitative analysis, a codebook was developed through inductive and deductive techniques. Analysis focused on mentees’ and mentors’ descriptions and interpretations about how they formed a mentoring relationship and any observed benefits that arose. Themes showed mentoring relationships were formed through introductions via social circles or social media. Mentoring was described as providing a trusted confidant and support with identity formation, relationships, transitioning to adulthood, and health. Results indicate a potential for natural mentoring relationships to provide trusted adult support to SGM adolescents in ways that are experienced as authentic and beneficial to the mental health of African American SGM male youth.

scholarly journals Leveraging Digital Methods to Engage Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of People With Dementia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 768-768
Author(s):  
Joel Anderson ◽  
Jason Flatt ◽  
Jennifer Jabson Tree ◽  
Alden Gross ◽  
Karen Rose
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
African American ◽  
Native American ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Digital methods are a way to engage marginalized populations, such as sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults. No study to date has leveraged these methods to engage SGM caregivers of people with dementia. We used digital methods to access SGM caregivers of people with dementia in our study of psychosocial measures of caregiving for recruitment and data collection. Posts on social media and online registries targeted SGM caregivers. The study landing page received 2201 views; 285 caregivers completed the survey. Participants learned of the study most frequently from Facebook (45%). The sample was 84% white, with gay (52%), lesbian (32%), bisexual (11%), and other sexual orientations (5%) and transgender (17%) caregivers represented. While we exceeded goals for inclusion of Latinx (26%) and Native American (4%) caregivers, the number of African American SGM caregivers was lower than projected (7%). Digital methods are effective for engaging SGM caregivers of people with dementia.

scholarly journals Associations of Relationship Experiences, Dating Violence, Sexual Harassment, and Assault With Alcohol Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110014
Author(s):  
W. J. Kiekens ◽  
L. Baams ◽  
J. N. Fish ◽  
R. J. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Relationship Experiences ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents report higher rates of dating violence victimization compared with their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Research on dating violence often neglects diversity in sexual and gender identities and is limited to experiences in relationships. Further, given that dating violence and alcohol use are comorbid, research on experiences of dating violence could provide insights into alcohol use disparities among SGM adolescents. We aimed to map patterns of relationship experiences, sexual and physical dating violence, and sexual and physical assault and explored differences in these experiences among SGM adolescents. Further, we examined how these patterns explained alcohol use. We used a U.S. non-probability national web-based survey administered to 13–17-year-old SGM adolescents ( N = 12,534). Using latent class analyses, four patterns were identified: low relationship experience, dating violence and harassment and assault (72.0%), intermediate dating experiences, sexual harassment, and assault and low levels of dating violence (13.1%), high dating experiences, dating violence, and sexual assault (8.6%), and high dating experiences, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault (6.3%). Compared to lesbian and gay adolescents, bisexual adolescents reported more experiences with dating, dating violence, and sexual assault, whereas heterosexual adolescents reported fewer experiences with dating, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault. Compared to cisgender boys, cisgender girls, transgender boys, and non-binary/assigned male at birth adolescents were more likely to experience dating violence inside and outside of relationship contexts. Experiences of dating, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault were associated with both drinking frequency and heavy episodic drinking. Together, the findings emphasize the relevance of relationship experiences when studying dating violence and how dating violence and sexual harassment and assault might explain disparities in alcohol use.

Illicit Drug Use and Social Victimization among Thai Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (13) ◽  
pp. 2198-2206
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Guadamuz ◽  
Doug H. Cheung ◽  
Pimpawun Boonmongkon ◽  
Timo T. Ojanen ◽  
Thasaporn Damri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
Social Victimization ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals “I Won’t Out Myself Just to Do a Survey”: Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Risks and Benefits of Sex Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1393-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Macapagal ◽  
Ryan Coventry ◽  
Miriam R. Arbeit ◽  
Celia B. Fisher ◽  
Brian Mustanski
Keyword(s):  
Gender Minority ◽  
Sex Research ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Conferring Kinship: Examining Fictive Kinship Status in a Black Adolescent’s Natural Mentoring Relationship

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110026
Author(s):  
Edward D. Scott ◽  
Nancy L. Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Fictive Kinship ◽  
Natural Mentoring ◽  
Narrative Methodology ◽  
Positive Feature ◽  
Nonparental Adults

This case study examines the way an adolescent Black boy extends his kinship network as a part of navigating and demonstrating agency in mentoring relationships with nonparental adults. We purposively selected one participant, Bodos, from the sample of a larger mixed-method study involving youth, aged 12 to 18 years, in the southeastern United States. Drawing on narrative methodology, we used a holistic-content approach to analyze Bodos’ responses to semistructured interviews. Bodos used several narratives to describe his experiences. We offer three findings: (a) Fictive kinship is a positive feature of Black adaptive culture that can be leveraged by Black youth as a tool for creating a distinct relational dynamic with their mentors, (b) adolescent Black boys possess skills and knowledge that both preexist and emerge within positive mentoring relationships, and (c) youth agency and expectations manifest in mentoring relationships to inform and influence those adults’ significance. This case study furthers the field’s understanding of how cultural practices can positively influence relational development and create a unique relational context and experience.

Adolescents’ Internalizing Behaviors after Extreme Violence Exposure: A Comparison of Race and Gender for African American and Asian American Youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Yi Chen
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Internalizing Behaviors ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Asian American Adolescents ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
And Gender

This study compares African American and Asian American adolescents in their rates of extreme community violence exposure and consequent internalizing behaviors. Using information from a national longitudinal survey this study found substantial violence exposure rates for both groups. Also, gender differences in exposure rates and adolescent reports of internalizing behaviors after violence exposure were detected. Male African American adolescents had the highest exposure rate, while female Asian American adolescents reported the highest level of internalizing behaviors. These findings suggest further research is needed to better understand the effect of violence exposure on various ethnic minority adolescents. Moreover, social workers and other professionals involved in adolescent services could use these results to improve outreach methods to vulnerable adolescents.

Victimization Typologies Among a Large National Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

LGBT Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian R. Scheer ◽  
Katie M. Edwards ◽  
Emily C. Helminen ◽  
Ryan J. Watson
Keyword(s):  
National Sample ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Trainings needs of allied health professionals caring for sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults with cancer: A qualitative analysis.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18532-e18532
Author(s):  
Ash B. Alpert ◽  
Vikas Gampa ◽  
Susan Thomas Vadaparampil ◽  
Gwendolyn P. Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

e18532 Background: Little is known about the training needs of allied health professionals who provide reproductive health counseling and other support services to sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescent and young adult (AYA) people with cancer. Methods: A 28-item electronic survey with 4 qualitative items was distributed to 601 allied health professionals who had participated in a training focused on reproductive health needs in AYA people with cancer. Open-ended questions invited respondents to describe personal experiences, reservations, and suggestions for improving SGM AYA cancer care. Using an interpretive description methodology, two investigators independently analyzed qualitative survey responses noting thematic saturation. Together, they refined themes, resolving disagreements with consensus. Interrater reliability was 88%. Results: 321 people participated in the survey and 190 answered open-ended questions. Themes included: 1) an ecosystem exists around patients’ interactions with clinicians and institutions; 2) institutional and individual assumptions result in stigmatization of SGM AYA people with cancer; 3) accommodating patients and providing clinicians with relevant education and experiences are initial steps to decrease stigma; and 4) improving the care for SGM AYA people with cancer may require transformative approaches that incorporate intersectional frameworks and challenge current systems. Conclusions: Improving the quality of care for SGM AYA people with cancer will require systemic and institutional change as well as educational interventions.

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