Minority stress, resilience, and health in Italian and Taiwanese LGB+ people: A cross-cultural comparison
Open Access
- 27 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Current Psychology
- Vol. 42 (1), 104-115
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01387-2
Abstract
The present study, using a moderated mediational model, explored levels of distal/proximal stressors, rumination, resilience, and health in a group of Italian and Taiwanese LGB+ people. The study also examined the role of internalized sexual stigma (ISS) and rumination as mediators between discrimination and health, and resilience as a moderator of the relationship between discrimination and ISS, rumination, and health, respectively. An online survey was administered to 508 LGB+ participants (270 Italian and 238 Taiwanese) whose age ranged from 18 to 70 years (M = 37.93, SD = 13.53). The moderated mediation model was tested through a series of path analyses stratified by group nationality. Italian participants reported higher discrimination and resilience, but lower ISS, rumination, and health problems compared to their Taiwanese counterparts. The only common path between groups was the direct effect of discrimination on health problems. The mediating role of ISS and rumination in the relationship between discrimination and health, as well as the moderating role of resilience, were partly significant only for the Italian group. Conclusions: The findings suggest that mediators and moderators used to evaluate the effects of minority stress on health may differ between groups; further culturally sensitive research in the field of LGB+ health is needed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Flanders (12V8120N)
- Research Foundation-Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST-108-2918-I-259-001)
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