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 (β[95%C.I.]=0.62[0.10, 1.15]; p=0.020) and familial rejection (β[95%C.I.]=1.56[0.72, 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:
  Adolescent Adult COVID-19 Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Male Residence Characteristics SARS-CoV-2 Sexual And Gender Minorities Stress, Psychological Students Surveys And Questionnaires Universities Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Buprenorphine Familial Rejection Methadone Minority Stress Mortality Naltrexone Parents Treatment University Students
• 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
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1819a1b05d06777d303b44daac59c16a792578d6e360c001daa6854bb422b71bdd12f0386740f5274f0d448d7bc83ed99405ccccaa72a166ff5fb195d8fed475
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