ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

The Relationship between Group Belongingness and Social Defeat Among Sexual Minorities

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Taylor Johnson
    Case Western Reserve University
  • Sarah Hope Lincoln
    Case Western Reserve University

Abstract

The present study found a significant correlation between social defeat and group belongingness among LGBTQ+ individuals. This relationship was not significant among non-LGBTQ+ individuals. These results imply that group belongingness may be uniquely important to LGBTQ+ individuals in protecting against social defeat.

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