Dissertation
The Relationship Between Outness and Social Support for LGB Youth
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/118047
Abstract
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth face unique challenges and minority stress that put them at risk for a wide range of mental health issues. Recently scholars have begun to focus on resilience factors and buffers against minority stress in this population. The current study investigated the relationship between outness and social support for LGB youth over a three year period. Both outness and perceived social support increased over time, and were positively correlated with each other. Two longitudinal panel models tested whether there is a causal relationship between these two variables over time. There was mixed support for increased social support contributing to increased outness over time for friends, but not family, and a trend in the data indicated that increased outness may contribute to increased social support over time as well. The relationship between these two variables is definitive but not simple, and future research should further illuminate this relationship.
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- Title
- The Relationship Between Outness and Social Support for LGB Youth
- Creators
- Katherine Virginia Eichner
- Contributors
- Paul Kwon (Advisor)Len Burns (Committee Member)Sarah Tragesser (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Psychology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 62
- Identifiers
- 99900581723301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation