Reciprocal/Authoritarian Filial Piety and Mental Well-Being in the Chinese LGB Population: The Roles of LGB-Specific and General Interpersonal Factors

Good or bad? The influence of filial piety belief on nonsuicidal self-injury and suicide risk among young gay men in China.

“…Reciprocal FPB was not found to moderate the direct effect of sexual minority stigma on NSSI and suicide risk. This finding is not consistent with the previous studies that suggested reciprocal FPB is a protective factor for nonsexual minority people (F. Liu et al, 2022). The possible reason is that the positive impact of reciprocal FPB may not be strong enough to buffer the direct effects of sexual minority stigma on NSSI or suicide among young Chinese gay men.…”

“…Based on exploratory Hypothesis 3, the moderating effects of authoritarian FPB were not found in the direct effect of sexual minority stigma on suicide risk or in the indirect effect through NSSI. This finding is similar to some of the previous studies of nonsexual minority people (F. Liu et al, 2022). In the present study, authoritarian FPB emphasized family hierarchy, parental authority, and children's need to meet their parents' expectations unconditionally-even against their own expectations.…”

“…Similarly, Simon et al (2014) found a positive association between FPB and suicide in U.S. Chinese older adults, but they did not distinguish between reciprocal and authoritarian FPB in their study. In addition, a recent study of LGB populations in mainland China indicated that reciprocal FPB was positively correlated with mental well-being, whereas authoritarian FPB was negatively correlated with it (F. Liu et al, 2022).…”

Effect of perceived public stigma on internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt: Outness as a moderator

“…These disparities might be related to the difference in the pressure to obey sociocultural norms (Shilo & Savaya, 2012). Specifically, the pressure to obey gender roles, get married, and carry on the family line is greater for males than for females in China (Liu et al., 2021). As such, gay men are likely to have more unaccepting attitudes about their sexual orientation, more negative anticipation of being rejected after they come out, lower disclosure of their sexual orientation, and more negative feeling about themselves.…”

“…In addition, previous researchers have reported that lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals faced different types and levels of sexual stigma. For example, gay men are more likely to experience the pressure to obey gender norms and establish heterosexual marriage (Liu et al., 2021), while bisexual individuals are more likely to conceal their sexual orientation and experience sexual orientation‐based victimization as compared to gay men and lesbians (Feinstein & Dyar, 2017). As such, we further explored whether the associations between variables in the hypothesized moderation model would be different across gay, lesbian, and bisexual groups.…”