Journal article
Resilience in lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals
Personality and social psychology review, Vol.17(4), pp.371-383
11/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103897
PMID: 23904452
Abstract
To promote psychological health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, more comprehensive research on resilience factors in LGB individuals is needed. This article presents a theoretical framework based on the existing literature, with an eye toward guiding future research in this area. Social support clearly serves as a resilience factor for LGB individuals, in part through its ability to lower reactivity to prejudice. Social support is particularly effective when it specifically supports people's sexual orientation and is congruent with individuals' developmental needs. The ability to accept emotions and to process them in an insightful manner also buffers the negative impact of prejudice. In addition, hope and optimism allow LGB individuals to maintain psychological health when faced with prejudice.
Metrics
43 Record Views
Details
- Title
- Resilience in lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals
- Creators
- Paul Kwon - 1Washington State University, Pullman, USA
- Publication Details
- Personality and social psychology review, Vol.17(4), pp.371-383
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900546708501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article