Suicidal acts and ideation in homosexual and bisexual young people: a study of prevalence and risk factors

Heeringen, Cornelis Van; Vincke, Johny

doi:10.1007/s001270050270

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“…Young people with high levels of hopelessness tend to perceive their social support as low (Biggam & Power, 1997). Research that has been conducted with lesbian, gay and bisexual youth has consistently found a markedly higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among these groups than among heterosexual youth (Bagley & Tremblay, 1997;D'Augelli & Hershberger, 1993;Hershberger & D'Augelli, 1995;Remafedi, French, & Story, 1998;Rotheram-Borus, Hunter, & Rosario, 1994;van Heeringen & Vincke, 2000). The above studies clearly document the relationship between self-esteem, hopelessness and depression as indicators of mental wellbeing and social support.…”

Section: Mental Wellbeing and Lesbian And Gay Youthmentioning

confidence: 69%

Confidant support and the mental wellbeing of lesbian and gay young adults: a longitudinal analysis

Vincke

Heeringen

2002

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Lesbian and gay young adults can experience adverse life conditions associated with their sexual minority status. It is not always easy for them to obtain the necessary social support to cope with these challenges. We used short-term longitudinal data from a survey of 197 lesbian and gay young adults (121 males and 76 females) to investigate how and to what extent the availability of confidants affects depression, hopelessness and self-esteem. We also investigated whether and to what extent mental health outcomes are related not only to initial levels of confidant support but also to changes regarding the availability of confidants. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and hierarchical stepwise regression analysis. Results showed that confidant support at base level correlated only with the perceived quality of lesbian and gay friendships and not with parental acceptance. Also, change in confidant support over time seemed to be more important than its initial levels.

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Section: Mental Wellbeing and Lesbian And Gay Youthmentioning

confidence: 69%

Confidant support and the mental wellbeing of lesbian and gay young adults: a longitudinal analysis

Vincke

Heeringen

2002

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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“…Other studies have also shown this association among men (Remafedi, 1999;Remafedi et al, 1998;Skegg, Nada-Raja, Dickson, Paul, & Williams, 2003), although one study only found homosexual young women, and not homosexual young men, more at risk for suicide attempt (Van Heeringen & Vincke, 2000).…”

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Suicidality and Sexual Orientation: Differences Between Men and Women in a General Population-Based Sample From The Netherlands

2006

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Homosexuality has been shown to be associated with suicidality and mental disorders. It is unclear whether homosexuality is related to suicidality, independently of mental disorders. This study assessed differences in lifetime symptoms of suicidality (death ideation, death wishes, suicide contemplation, and deliberate self-harm) between homosexual and heterosexual men and women, controlling for lifetime psychiatric morbidity. Interaction effects of age and the role of perceived discrimination were also examined. Data were collected on a representative sample of the Dutch population aged 18-64 years. Classification as heterosexual or homosexual was based upon reported sexual behavior in the preceding year. Of those sexually active, 2.8% of 2,878 men and 1.4% of 3,120 women had had same-sex partners. Homosexual men differed from their heterosexual counterparts on all four suicide symptoms (OR ranging from 2.58 to 10.23, with higher ORs for more severe symptoms), and on the sum total of the four symptoms; homosexual women only differed from heterosexual women on suicide contemplation (OR=2.12). Controlling for psychiatric morbidity decreased the ORs, but among men all associations were still significant; the significance for suicide contemplation among women disappeared. Younger homosexuals were not at lower risk for suicidality than older homosexuals in comparison with their heterosexual counterparts. Among homosexual men, perceived discrimination was associated with suicidality. This study suggests that even in a country with a comparatively tolerant climate regarding homosexuality, homosexual men were at much higher risk for suicidality than heterosexual men. This relationship could not only be attributed to their higher psychiatric morbidity. In women, there was no such clear relationship.

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“…Studies with convenience samples of young gay men (between 15e16 and 24e27 years) in western Europe have yielded lifetime prevalences of 71% for suicidal ideation (McNamee, 2006) and 12e27% for suicide attempts (van Heeringen and Vincke, 2000;Cochand et al, 2000;Hanner, 2002;McNamee, 2006;Hegna and Wichstrøm, 2007). Using convenience samples of gay men in French-speaking Switzerland, Cochand and colleagues have reported lifetime prevalences of 23% for suicide attempts among gay men (Cochand and Bovet, 1998) and 24% among young gay men aged 16e25 years (Cochand et al, 2000).…”

Section: Prevalence Of Suicidality Among Gay Menmentioning

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Suicidality and sexual orientation among men in Switzerland: Findings from 3 probability surveys

Wang

Häusermann

Wydler

et al. 2012

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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Suicidal acts and ideation in homosexual and bisexual young people: a study of prevalence and risk factors

Cited by 87 publications

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Confidant support and the mental wellbeing of lesbian and gay young adults: a longitudinal analysis

Confidant support and the mental wellbeing of lesbian and gay young adults: a longitudinal analysis

Suicidality and Sexual Orientation: Differences Between Men and Women in a General Population-Based Sample From The Netherlands

Suicidality and sexual orientation among men in Switzerland: Findings from 3 probability surveys

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