Sexual Attraction and Psychological Adjustment in Dutch Adolescents: Coping Style as a Mediator

被引：4
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作者：
Bos, Henny [1 ]
van Beusekom, Gabriel [1 ]
Sandfort, Theo [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Fac Social & Behav Sci, Res Inst Child Dev & Educ, NL-1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] New York State Psychiat Inst & Hosp, Div Gender Sexual & Hlth, New York, NY 10032 USA
[3] Columbia Univ, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA
来源：
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR | 2014年 / 43卷 / 08期
关键词：
Same-sex attraction; Sexual orientation; Coping; Psychological adjustment; Adolescents; MENTAL-HEALTH; PEER VICTIMIZATION; MINORITY YOUTHS; SOCIAL STRESS; SELF-ESTEEM; ORIENTATION; GENDER; GAY; SOCIALIZATION; DEPRESSION;
D O I：
10.1007/s10508-014-0308-0
中图分类号：
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号：
040203 ;
摘要：
This study examined whether feelings of same-sex attraction (SSA) in 12- to 15-year-old Dutch adolescents were related to psychological health (self-esteem and psychological distress) and whether this relation was mediated by coping styles and moderated by biological sex. Data were collected from 1,546 high school students (802 boys and 744 girls; M age = 13.57 years) by means of standardized measurements. SSA was found to predict lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of psychological distress. Further analyses showed that passive coping style partly mediated these associations. This mediation was not moderated by biological sex. The findings suggest that in understanding and addressing mental health disparities between sexual minorities and heterosexual youth attention should be paid to intrapersonal psychological factors such as coping styles.
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页码：1579 / 1588
页数：10
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