scholarly journals Free to Fly the Rainbow Flag: The Relation Between Collective Autonomy and Psychological Well-being Amongst LGBTQ+ Individuals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Kachanoff ◽  
Fiona Cooligan ◽  
Julie Caouette ◽  
Michael Jeremy Adam Wohl
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Canadian City

In three experiments, we tested whether LGBTQ+ individuals experience greater psychological well-being when they feel other groups support (versus restrict) their community's collective autonomy to express its social identity. LGBTQ+ individuals recruited from a Canadian city (Experiment 1a), and nationally from the United States (Experiment 1b), retrospectively recalled feeling more personal autonomous need satisfaction, and in turn, greater psychological well-being during a time in their community’s history when they felt their collective autonomy was supported (versus restricted). In Experiment 2, US participants reported greater personal autonomous need satisfaction and psychological well-being after reflecting on how their community presently had versus lacked collective autonomy. Effects remained robust controlling for anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, personal autonomy support, and openness about one’s gender/sexuality identity.

Dialectical Thinking and Psychological Well-Being in Morocco, China, and the United States

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassidy Bibo ◽  
Julie Spencer-Rodgers ◽  
Benaissa Zarhbouch ◽  
Mostafa Bouanini ◽  
Kaiping Peng
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dialectical Thinking ◽  
Psychological Well Being

scholarly journals Stand against anti-Asian racial discrimination during COVID-19: A call for action

2020 ◽  
pp. 002087282097061
Author(s):  
Qin Gao ◽  
Xiaofang Liu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Negative Impacts

Racial discrimination against people of Chinese and other Asian ethnicities has risen sharply in number and severity globally amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This rise has been especially rapid and severe in the United States, fueled by xenophobic political rhetoric and racist language on social media. It has endangered the lives of many Asian Americans and is likely to have long-term negative impacts on the economic, social, physical, and psychological well-being of Asian Americans. This essay reviews the prevalence and consequences of anti-Asian racial discrimination during COVID-19 and calls for actions in practice, policy, and research to stand against it.

Confronting Problems Faced by Pregnant Inmates in State Prisons

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Wooldredge ◽  
Kimberly Masters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
State Prisons

Very little is known about the types of services currently available in state prisons to combat the physical and psychological problems faced by pregnant inmates. Such services are extremely important for the physical and psychological well-being of these women as well as their subsequently born children. This article presents results from a study of the prevalence and types of policies being implemented voluntarily for the care and support of pregnant inmates in state prisons throughout the United States. The implications of these results for policies designed to reduce the problems faced by pregnant inmates are also presented.

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