APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
The Association between Social Support and Mental Health Among LGBTQ+ and Cisgender, Heterosexual Foster Youth
- Grace Raber
Princeton University - Natalie Wittlin
Princeton University - Natalie Gallagher
Princeton University - Erik Nook
Princeton University - Kristina Olson
Princeton University
Abstract
Using data from the 2016 and 2019 iterations of the Minnesota Student Survey (MSS), we found that greater perceived social support predicted lower rates of depression among foster youth and found mixed evidence regarding whether LGBTQ+ status or its interaction with social support was linked to depression within the sample.
Childhood Adversity
