ArticleJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2021
Within-person associations between romantic involvement and mental health among sexual and gender minorities assigned female-at-birth.
Article in Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- After Obergefell: Legally Married Status Is Associated With Lower Depressive Symptoms Among Cisgender Sexual Minority Couples.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Romantic Relationship Quality, Depression, and Problematic Drinking: A Comparison of Single and Partnered Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Not Like Everybody Else but We're the Same: Psychosocial Variables Compared Across Diverse Sexual and Gender Identities.Journal of personality · 2025Article
- Romantic relationship status and internalized homophobia in LGB individuals: a parallel mediation model examining the roles of gender and coming out status.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Singlehood-Mental Health Associations in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Assigned Female at Birth: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2024Article
- Protective Factors in the LGBTIQ+ Adolescent Experience: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The role of romantic relationships for sexual minority young adults' depressive symptoms: Does relationship type matter?Social science research · 2024Article
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Sexual and gender minorities assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB) experience significant mental health disparities, making it important to identify protective factors against psychological and substance use problems in this population. We examined whether romantic relationship involvement, a well-established protective factor for mental health in heterosexual adults, is protective for SGM-AFAB young people. Using five waves of data from 488 racially diverse SGM-AFAB (ages 16-31 years at baseline), we assessed within-person associations between relationship involvement and depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and problematic alcohol and cannabis use. We tested for differences in these associations by age; sexual, gender, and racial identity; relationship status; and partner gender, and whether romantic involvement buffers the negative effects of anti-SGM victimization. Multilevel models indicated that participants reported fewer depressive symptoms, alcohol use problems, and cannabis use problems when romantically involved than when single. Romantic involvement was associated with fewer anxiety symptoms for Latinx participants only. Associations did not differ by age and were generally consistent (with some exceptions) across sexual, gender, and racial identity. Effects on substance use were stronger for long-term commitments than dating relationships. Participants reported less depression and anxiety, but more alcohol or cannabis use, when romantically involved with cisgender women than with cisgender men or gender minority partners. Together, findings suggest that relationship involvement is broadly protective of mental health among SGM-AFAB, though it may not buffer the negative effects of SGM victimization. Efforts to reduce SGM-AFAB mental health disparities should consider including strategies to support healthy relationship involvement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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