Associations between Living Arrangement and Sexual and Gender Minority Stressors among University Students Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Coll Health
• Personal Author:
  Algarin, Angel B ; Salerno, John P ; Shrader, Cho-Hee ; Lee, Ji-Young ; Fish, Jessica N
• Description:
  Objective: ; To examine the associations between COVID-19-related living arrangements and sexual and gender minority (SGM)-related stressors (i.e., identity concealment and familial rejection). ; Participants: ; N= 478 SGM university students (Mage=22 years, SD=4.00) ; Methods: ; SGM university students were surveyed cross-sectionally between May-August 2020 regarding SGM-related stressors and living arrangements since the start of COVID-19. ; Results: ; Approximately half (48.7%) of the sample reported a living rearrangement to their parents’ home due to COVID-19. Living rearrangement to parents’ homes was associated with an increased degree of identity concealment (β95%C.I.=0.620.10, 1.15; p=0.020) and familial rejection (β95%C.I.=1.560.72, 2.41; p<0.001) since the start of COVID-19 compared to stably living without parents (34.3%). Stably living with parents (17.0%) was not associated with increased degree of SGM-related stressors compared to experiencing a living rearrangement. ; Conclusions: ; Stakeholders must consider the unique identity-related vulnerabilities of SGM students living with parents and who experience living rearrangements due to COVID-19.
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Male
  • Students
  • Female
  • Universities
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Young Adult
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities
  More +
• Keywords:
  • COVID-19
  • familial rejection
  • minority stress
  • parents
  • university students
  • Naltrexone
  • Buprenorphine
  • Methadone
  • Mortality
  • Treatment
• Source:
  J Am Coll Health. 72(5):1379-1386
• Pubmed ID:
  35658096
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9718887
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R36 MH123043/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006382/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122666/cdc_122666_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 374.65 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1819a1b05d06777d303b44daac59c16a792578d6e360c001daa6854bb422b71bdd12f0386740f5274f0d448d7bc83ed99405ccccaa72a166ff5fb195d8fed475