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Sexual Identity and its Association with Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Emotion Regulation Difficulties from Early to Middle Adolescence

Auteurs: Roberto López Jr, Stefanie F. Gonçalves, Jennifer A. Poon, Emily B. Ansell, Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Tara M. Chaplin

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 5/2022

Abstract

Few studies have examined how changes in sexual identity impact trajectories of depressive symptoms and emotion regulation difficulties. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining these associations over a three-year period in a community sample of adolescents (N = 177; M_age = 12.56; SD = 0.60; n_male = 95). Multilevel modeling revealed that youth who consistently held sexual minority identities from early to middle adolescence—but not youth with inconsistent sexual identity—demonstrated increases in depressive symptoms and emotion regulation difficulties relative to their heterosexual peers. Findings suggest that treatments that bolster emotion regulation abilities and address depressive symptoms may be of particular benefit to youth with consistent sexual minority identities from early to middle adolescence.

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Given that data on sexual identity was unavailable at Baseline and 6 Month follow-up, main analyses were also run with outcome measurements only at 1—3 Year follow-ups (excluding Baseline and 6 Month follow-up outcome measurements). The pattern of results with these analyses were comparable to those obtained with analyses including outcome measurements at all time points.

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Titel: Sexual Identity and its Association with Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Emotion Regulation Difficulties from Early to Middle Adolescence
Auteurs: Roberto López Jr
Stefanie F. Gonçalves
Jennifer A. Poon
Emily B. Ansell
Christianne Esposito-Smythers
Tara M. Chaplin
Publicatiedatum: 21-05-2021
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 5/2022
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01188-5

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