Informal mentoring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students

Mulcahy, Molly C.; Dalton, Sarah; Kolbert, Jered B.; Crothers, Laura M.

doi:10.1080/00220671.2014.979907

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“…Mentoring programs may be an avenue for transgender youth to gain support, especially if they are rejected by their family of origin. High school student–adult mentorship programs for LGBT youth provide mentorship relationships that are distinct from parental relationships and permit youth to talk more openly about sexuality and gender (Mulcahy, Dalton, Kolbert, & Crothers, 2016).…”

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Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Matsuno

Israel

2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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Transgender people experience disproportionately high mental and physical health risks. Minority stress theory identifies distal and proximal stressors that contribute to negative mental health outcomes for transgender people, and suggests that resilience factors can buffer the negative influence of these stressors. In this article, we aim to synthesize the psychological literature on resilience strategies among transgender people and position it within the minority stress framework and introduce an adapted model called the transgender resilience intervention model (TRIM). The TRIM suggests that social support, community belonging, family acceptance, participating in activism, having positive role models, and being a positive role model are group-level resilience factors. Self-worth, self-acceptance and/or pride, self-definition, hope, and transition are individual-level factors that promote resilience. Community, group, and individual interventions and their potential influence on resilience are discussed. The model calls for the development of additional interventions aimed at increasing resilience for transgender people.

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Section: Trimmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Matsuno

Israel

2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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“…LGB youths are an underserved population, particularly lacking role models or other supportive adult relationships, and many school staff and administrators report a lack of training, preparedness, and programming to provide formal mentorship to LGB youth . Moreover, LGB youth are apprehensive about developing informal mentoring relationships because of concerns about mentor acceptance …”

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confidence: 99%

Mental health disparities and high‐risk alcohol use among non‐heterosexual high school students

Goodin

Elswick

Fallin‐Bennett

2019

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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Purpose To examine disparities in mental health and high‐risk alcohol use among high school students by sexual orientation, and the impact of having access to an adult with whom to talk. Design and Methods Cross‐sectional survey, from the 2015 Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Logistic regression estimated the relationship between being “non‐heterosexual” on mental health (e.g, suicidal ideation/attempt) and alcohol behaviors (e.g, binge drinking), controlling for demographics and “having an adult to talk to.” Findings Non‐heterosexual students were more likely to report all adverse outcomes and risk was lower among students who report “having an adult to talk to.” Practice Implications Psychiatric nurses need to assess sexual minority youth for access to positive adult relationships.

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“…Furthermore, such a qualitative investigation could examine students’ perceptions regarding teachers’ reactions and responses to the establishment of bullying policies. Mulcahy, Dalton, Kolbert, and Crothers found that in pursuing informal mentors/allies among teachers, LGBT students would look for subtle clues about teachers’ beliefs about issues of gender and religion in order to assess their potential views on differences in sexual orientation [ 26 ]. Likewise, it is possible that students who are generally unsupportive of policies or programs to provide protection to traditionally oppressed groups will seek subtle support from teachers who are like-minded.…”

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Teachers’ Perceptions of Bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Students in a Southwestern Pennsylvania Sample

Kolbert

Crothers

Bundick

et al. 2015

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This study was designed to ascertain teachers’ perceptions of bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth. In a sample of 200 educators (61.0% female; 96.5% White) from a county in southwestern Pennsylvania, there was a significant positive relationship between the teachers’ perceptions of the supportiveness of school staff towards students regardless of sexual orientation and those teachers’ reports of the frequency of bullying victimization experienced by LGBTQ students. Teachers’ perceptions of a higher level of staff and student support was associated with higher reported frequencies of students’ use of derogatory language about LGBTQ individuals and various types of bullying of LGBTQ students. Teachers with a lesbian, gay, or bisexual orientation were found to rate the school staff and students as significantly less supportive of students regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in comparison to heterosexual teachers. Finally, teachers who either were unaware of or believed that their school lacked an anti-bullying policy reported significantly higher rates of physical bullying victimization of LGBTQ students when compared to the rates observed by teachers who reported knowledge of their schools’ anti-bullying policies.

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Informal mentoring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students

Cited by 28 publications

References 15 publications

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Mental health disparities and high‐risk alcohol use among non‐heterosexual high school students

Teachers’ Perceptions of Bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Students in a Southwestern Pennsylvania Sample

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