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Kiekens WJ, Mereish EH. The Association Between Daily Concealment and Affect Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Family and Peer Support. J Adolesc Health. 2021;doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.019.
Kiekens, W. J., & Mereish, E. H. (2021). The Association Between Daily Concealment and Affect Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Family and Peer Support. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.019
Kiekens, Wouter J, and Mereish, Ethan H. "The Association Between Daily Concealment and Affect Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Family and Peer Support." The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.019
Kiekens WJ, Mereish EH. The Association Between Daily Concealment and Affect Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Family and Peer Support. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Dec 29; doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.019. Epub 2021 Dec 29. PMID: 34973850.
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J Adolesc Health. 2021 Dec 29; doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.019. Epub 2021 Dec 29.

The Association Between Daily Concealment and Affect Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Family and Peer Support.

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Wouter J Kiekens, Ethan H Mereish

Affiliations

  1. Department of Sociology/Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, (ICS), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Health Studies, American University, Washington, DC.

PMID: 34973850 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.019

Abstract

PURPOSE: There is a lack of research on the association between identity concealment and mental health among sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents and how social support may attenuate this association. Furthermore, research typically neglects the day-to-day variability in concealment experiences of SGM adolescents. Therefore, we examined the association between daily sexual orientation and gender identity concealment and positive and negative affect and the moderating role of family and peer support on this association among SGM adolescents.

METHODS: A 21-day daily diary study among 94 SGM adolescents (mean [M] age = 16.10, standard deviation [SD] = 1.50; 31.9% gender minority; 44.7% youth of color) was conducted. Multilevel regression analyses tested the association between daily concealment and positive and negative affect and a cross-level interaction was used to assess the moderating effects of social supports.

RESULTS: Daily concealment was associated with higher negative but not with positive affect. Family support was associated with lower daily negative affect but not with positive affect. Peer support was not significantly associated with negative or positive affect. Moderation results indicated that the association between daily concealment and negative affect was significant for adolescents who reported low or average levels of family support but was no longer significant for adolescents who reported high levels of family support.

DISCUSSION: Daily identity concealment was positively associated with negative affect and this association was attenuated by family support. Future research and interventions should target families to improve the lives of SGM adolescents and to help reduce and eliminate mental health disparities.

Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Keywords: Adolescents; Affect; Concealment; Family support; Gender minority; Peer support; Sexual minority

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