作者
M Valle Pease, Thomas P Le, Lydia HaRim Ahn
发表日期
2024/2/29
期刊
Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
出版商
Educational Publishing Foundation
简介
Objectives
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) Asian Americans experience unique psychological health concerns at the intersection of multiple forms of marginalization. White supremacist, cisheteronormative, and colonial ideals and their structural and interpersonal manifestations may encourage family rejection of LGBTQ+ identities within Asian American family units. Family shame, conflicts in allegiances, and internalized anti-LGBTQ+ stigma were hypothesized as mediators in the association between family rejection and psychological distress and disordered eating.
Method
The present study examined family rejection and its impacts on psychological distress and disordered eating in a sample of LGBTQ+ Asian American adults (N= 155; M age= 24.26; 30.3% gender diverse) using a cross-sectional survey design and path analysis.
Results
There was a significant serial mediation such that …