ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

The Protective Effects of Supportive Families: Family Social Support Reduces the Impact of Social Marginalization on Mental Health in a US Sample of Sexual Minority Adolescents

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Developmental Psychology

  • Luis Parra
    USC
  • Jeremy Goldbach
    University of Southern California
  • Sheree Schrager
    University of Southern California

Abstract

Experiences of social marginalization were associated with heightened mental health symptoms among a nationwide sample of sexual minority adolescents (SMA). The effect of social marginalization on mental health was reduced among SMA reporting greater family support. Results underscore the protective effects of family on SMA mental health.

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