Predictors of Family Support and Well-Being Among Black and Latina/o Sexual Minorities

Swendener, Alexis; Woodell, Brandi

doi:10.1080/1550428x.2016.1257400

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“…This finding is consistent with previous research which suggests that family support is protective for LGBT people (Detrie & Lease, 2007). Our findings are consistent with past research which suggests that family support is important for the well-being of LGBT across racial/ethnic identity groups, although this existing body of literature is small (Swendener & Woodell, 2017;Tabaac et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Conversely, young people who feel close to their families and parents are more likely to come out earlier and have positive selfidentities (Beaty, 1999). Overall, family support can be protective-increasing well-being and reducing depression -a finding that is fairly consistent across ages and racial/ ethnic demographics (Detrie & Lease, 2007;Swendener & Woodell, 2017;Tabaac et al, 2015).…”

Section: Family Supportmentioning

confidence: 80%

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Pathways to Well‐being among LGBT adults: Sociopolitical Involvement, Family Support, Outness, and Community Connectedness with Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator

Roberts

Christens

2020

American J of Comm Psychol

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Highlights• LGBT sociopolitical involvement may facilitate community connection and psychological well-being.• Distinct path models operated across racial/ethnic identity groups; intersectional research is key.• LGBT community connection partially or fully mediated effects of outness on well-being.• LGBT community connection fully mediated the effect of LGBT sociopolitical involvement on well-being.• Efforts to promote well-being should consider sociopolitical involvement and community connection.

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Section: Wellbeingsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Family Supportmentioning

confidence: 80%

Pathways to Well‐being among LGBT adults: Sociopolitical Involvement, Family Support, Outness, and Community Connectedness with Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator

Roberts

Christens

2020

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…However, across studies, Black SMW also describe receiving informal support from natal family that is rooted in shared racial identities and cultural connections ( Glass, 2014 ; Glass & Few-Demo, 2013 ; Swendener & Woodell, 2017 ). This is contrary to evidence from the general sexual minority population, in which sexual minority youth report having lower levels of closeness with parents ( Pearson & Wilkinson, 2013 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disparities in food insecurity at the intersection of race and sexual orientation: A population-based study of adult women in the United States

Patterson

Russomanno

Teferra

et al. 2020

SSM - Population Health

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Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 American adults annually, and is more prevalent in Black and sexual minority women. We applied an intersectional approach to investigate food insecurity prevalence in women with intersecting minority race and sexual orientation. We used two United States surveillance systems—National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2013–2018 and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2014, to estimate how race and sexual orientation jointly influence food insecurity prevalence in women aged 18–59 years (NHIS: N = 47596; NHANES: N = 5106). All analyses were stratified for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use. Relative measures estimated weighted prevalence ratios (PR) comparing Black and White sexual minority women (SMW) to heterosexual White women. Absolute prevalence measures estimated the excess prevalence of food insecurity due to multiple marginalization. Patterns of food insecurity prevalence were similar across NHIS and NHANES, and differed only for non-SNAP users. Relative prevalence of food insecurity was greater in Black SMW than heterosexual White women in NHIS (PR: 2.16; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.41–3.30) and NHANES (PR: 2.79; 95% CI, 1.73–4.51). The strength of the association between multiple marginalization and food insecurity was stronger for Black SMW than White SMW. Absolute measures were significant only for NHIS and did not support our a priori hypothesis: For non-SNAP users, being Black and sexual minority reduced the joint disparity in food insecurity by approximately 50% (Synergy Index: 0.52; 95% CI, 0.11–0.93). Overall, our study illuminated population-level differences in food insecurity among women of diverse minority races and sexual orientations. Black SMW experienced high rates of food insecurity, which may contribute to chronic disease disparities. Yet, intersecting minority social positions (race and sexual orientation) reduced food insecurity; these findings are unexpected and must be further investigated. Increasing SNAP use among multiply marginalized women may attenuate food insecurity disparities.

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“…For example, Pastrana () uses nationwide samples of LGBT Latina and Latino adults ( N = 1,159) and African American LGBT adults ( N = 2,166) to show that family support is highly correlated with outness in adulthood among both African Americans and Latinas and Latinos. Moreover, Black and Latina and Latino sexual‐minority adults who have high levels of disclosure of gender and sexual identity to family experience more family support (Swendener & Woodell, ). In a study of what Acosta calls sexually nonconforming (i.e., nonheterosexual), cisgender adult Latinas show that families accept Latina's nonheterosexual identity if they embodied hegemonic femininity (Acosta, ).…”

Section: Sgm Family‐of‐origin Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual‐ and Gender‐Minority Families: A 2010 to 2020 Decade in Review

Reczek

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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This paper critically reviews research on sexual and gender minority (SGM) families, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, and other (LGBTQAI+) families, in the past decade (2010–2020). First, this paper details the three primary subareas that make up the majority of research on SGM families: (1) SGM family of origin relationships, (2) SGM intimate relationships, and (3) SGM‐parent families. Next, this paper highlights three main gaps in this decade's research: (1) a focus on gay, lesbian, and same‐sex families (and to a lesser extent bisexual and transgender families) and a lack of attention to the diverse family ties of single SGM people as well as intersex, asexual, queer, gender non‐binary/non‐conforming, polyamorous, and other SGM families; (2) an emphasis on white, socioeconomically advantaged SGM people and a failure to account for the significant racial‐ethnic and socioeconomic diversity in the SGM population; and (3) a lack of integration of SGM experiences across the life course, from childhood to old age. Future research should refine the measurement and analysis of SGM family ties with novel theory and data across the methodological spectrum.

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Predictors of Family Support and Well-Being Among Black and Latina/o Sexual Minorities

Cited by 24 publications

References 56 publications

Pathways to Well‐being among LGBT adults: Sociopolitical Involvement, Family Support, Outness, and Community Connectedness with Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator

Pathways to Well‐being among LGBT adults: Sociopolitical Involvement, Family Support, Outness, and Community Connectedness with Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator

Disparities in food insecurity at the intersection of race and sexual orientation: A population-based study of adult women in the United States

Sexual‐ and Gender‐Minority Families: A 2010 to 2020 Decade in Review

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