TY - JOUR
T1 - The Moderating Effect of Resilience on the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Quality of Physical and Mental Health among Adult Sexual and Gender Minorities
AU - Schnarrs, Phillip W.
AU - Stone, Amy L.
AU - Salcido, Robert
AU - Georgiou, Charlotte
AU - Zhou, Xinyan
AU - Nemeroff, Charles B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was completed with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program. Support for undergraduate research assistants was provided through the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program and Murchison Summer Undergraduate Research Award. The Strengthening Colors of Pride research team thanks our community advisory board for its support and wisdom in guiding this project.
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© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience a greater burden of poor mental health compared to heterosexual individuals. One factor that helps to explain this disparity is trauma experienced during childhood. SGM are more likely to report traumatic experiences during childhood contributing to this disparity. Previous research has shown that resilience moderates the relationship between childhood trauma and adults mental health outcomes. As part of the Strengthening Colors of Pride project, data on 463 SGM adults living in San Antonio were collected using surveys. A diverse recruitment strategy was used in conjunction with a community advisory board. The brief resilience scale (BRS) was used to assess intrapersonal level resilience to determine if there was an effect on the relationship between ACEs and quality of mental and physical health. Differences were noted for some items across low, normal, and high levels of resilience. Both ACEs and BRS significantly predicted quality of mental and physical health. We also noted a significant interaction between ACEs and BRS with regard to quality of mental health. Findings suggest there is a relationship between intrapersonal level resilience, ACEs, and quality of mental health.
AB - Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience a greater burden of poor mental health compared to heterosexual individuals. One factor that helps to explain this disparity is trauma experienced during childhood. SGM are more likely to report traumatic experiences during childhood contributing to this disparity. Previous research has shown that resilience moderates the relationship between childhood trauma and adults mental health outcomes. As part of the Strengthening Colors of Pride project, data on 463 SGM adults living in San Antonio were collected using surveys. A diverse recruitment strategy was used in conjunction with a community advisory board. The brief resilience scale (BRS) was used to assess intrapersonal level resilience to determine if there was an effect on the relationship between ACEs and quality of mental and physical health. Differences were noted for some items across low, normal, and high levels of resilience. Both ACEs and BRS significantly predicted quality of mental and physical health. We also noted a significant interaction between ACEs and BRS with regard to quality of mental health. Findings suggest there is a relationship between intrapersonal level resilience, ACEs, and quality of mental health.
KW - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
KW - LGBTQ+
KW - mental health
KW - resilience
KW - sexual and gender minority
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U2 - 10.1080/08964289.2020.1727406
DO - 10.1080/08964289.2020.1727406
M3 - Article
C2 - 32787723
AN - SCOPUS:85089431601
VL - 46
SP - 366
EP - 374
JO - Journal of Human Stress
JF - Journal of Human Stress
SN - 0896-4289
IS - 3-4
ER -