Effects of general and sexual minority-specific COVID-19-related stressors on the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in Hong Kong

Suen, Yiu Tung; Chan, Randolph C. H.; Wong, Eliz Miu Yin

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113365

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“…How the mental health of our participants will be impacted in the medium and long-term needs to be explored in future longitudinal research. Second, more complex models based on minority stress and resilience frameworks (Meyer, 2003(Meyer, , 2015Suen, Chun Ho Chan, & Wong, 2020) pinpointing to the role of risk and protective factors in the mental health of LGBTQ+ people, including family functioning, level of "outness," or perceived stigma, need to be considered. Third, upcoming studies should take into account subgroup differences that may differentially predict depression and anxiety, such as sex assigned at birth (Petterson, VanderLaan, & Vasey, 2017), gender identity (Borgogna, McDermott, Aita, & Kridel, 2019), and plurisexual versus monosexual sexual orientations (Ross et al, 2018).…”

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Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Comparison across Six Nations

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Barrientos

Tasker

et al. 2021

Journal of Homosexuality

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Across the world, people have seen their lives interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an online survey, we explored how the psychosocial effects of the pandemic affected the mental health of LGBTQ+ young adults who were confined with their parents during the lockdown period (N = 1,934), from six countries: Portugal, UK, Italy, Brazil, Chile, and Sweden. South American participants experienced more negative psychosocial effects of the pandemic. Depression and anxiety were higher among participants who were younger, not working, living in Europe and who reported feeling more emotionally affected by the pandemic, uncomfortable at home, or isolated from non-LGBTQ friends. Not attending higher education predicted depression while not being totally confined at home, residing habitually with parents, and fearing more future infection predicted anxiety. LGBTQ+ community groups, as well as health and educational services should remain particularly attentive to the needs of LGBTQ+ young adults during health crises.

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Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Comparison across Six Nations

Gato

Barrientos

Tasker

et al. 2021

Journal of Homosexuality

102

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“…There is evidence of the positive effects of sheltering on reducing the spread of COVID-19 infection. However, other aspects of health, including mental and sexual health, may be put aside [ 6 , 7 ].…”

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Casual Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) during the Period of Sheltering in Place to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

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Oliveira

Queiroz

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Objectives: We investigated the extent to which Brazilian and Portuguese Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) had casual sex partners outside their homes during the period of sheltering in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An online survey was conducted in Brazil and Portugal in April, during the period of social isolation for COVID-19, with a sample of 2361 MSMs. Recruitment was done through meeting apps and Facebook. Results: Most of the sample (53.0%) had casual sex partners during sheltering. Factors that increased the odds of engaging in casual sex in Brazil were having group sex (aOR 2.1, 95%CI 1.3–3.4), living in an urban area (aOR 1.6, 95%CI 1.1–2.2), feeling that sheltering had a high impact on daily life (aOR 3.0, 95%CI 1.1–8.3), having casual instead of steady partners (aOR 2.5, 95%CI 1.8–3.5), and not decreasing the number of partners (aOR 6.5, 95%CI 4.2–10.0). In Portugal, the odds of engaging in casual sex increased with using Facebook to find partners (aOR 4.6, 95%CI 3.0–7.2), not decreasing the number of partners (aOR 3.8, 95%CI 2.9–5.9), usually finding partners in physical venues (pre-COVID-19) (aOR 5.4, 95%CI 3.2–8.9), feeling that the isolation had a high impact on daily life (aOR 3.0, 95%CI 1.3–6.7), and HIV-positive serostatus (aOR 11.7, 95%CI 4.7–29.2). Taking PrEP/Truvada to prevent COVID-19 was reported by 12.7% of MSM. Conclusions: The pandemic has not stopped most of our MSM sample from finding sexual partners, with high-risk sexual behaviors continuing.

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“…Exposure to often unknown partners, or familiar partners who do not effectively adopt preventive measures, including those against COVID-19, increases the fear of being contaminated or anxiety with the possibility of presenting signs and symptoms of the disease, leading to low psychological well-being (Newman & Guta, 2020; Suen, Chan & Wong, 2020; Brennan, Card, Collict, Jolimore & Lachowsky, 2020).…”

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Low Psychological Well-Being in Men Who Have Sex With Men (Msm) During the Shelter-in-Place Orders to Prevent the Covid-19 Spread: Results From a Nationwide Study

Camargo

Oliveira

Siffoni

et al. 2020

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Introduction: Little is known about how sheltering in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 over extended periods affects individuals' psychological well-being. This study's objective was to analyze the factors associated with MSM's low psychological well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic context. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted online in the entire Brazilian territory (26 states and federal district) in April and May 2020. The participants were recruited using an adapted version of Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS). Data were collected using social media and MSM dating apps. We estimated the prevalence, crude prevalence ratio (PR), and respective confidence intervals (CI95%). Results: Only 44.4% of the sample presented high levels of well-being. Low psychological well-being appeared associated with the youngest age group (PR: 2.76; CI95%: 1.90-4.01), polyamorous relationships (PR: 2.78; CI95%: 1.51-5.11), not complying with social isolation measures (PR: 6.27; CI95%: 4.42-8.87), not using the social media to find partners (PR: 1.63; CI95%: 1.06-2.53), having multiple sexual partners (PR: 1.80; CI95%: 1.04-3.11), having reduced the number of partners (PR: 2.67; CI95%: 1.44-4.95), and group sex (PR: 1.82; CI95%: 1.23-2.69) Conclusion: The well-being of MSM living in Brazil was negatively affected during the social distancing measures intended to control the spread of COVID-19. Policy Implications: Planning and implementing public policies and actions to promote psychological well-being are needed to improve MSM's resilience through the adoption of safe strategies and behavior.

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Effects of general and sexual minority-specific COVID-19-related stressors on the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in Hong Kong

Cited by 91 publications

References 35 publications

Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Comparison across Six Nations

Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Comparison across Six Nations

Casual Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) during the Period of Sheltering in Place to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Low Psychological Well-Being in Men Who Have Sex With Men (Msm) During the Shelter-in-Place Orders to Prevent the Covid-19 Spread: Results From a Nationwide Study

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