ArticleChildren and youth services review2025
The impact of age and sexual orientation on work-related changes and stress early in the pandemic.
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Background and Purpose: LGBTQIA+ young people have worked in jobs disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. With a focus on younger individuals, this study explores the impact of COVID-19 and cumulative work-related stress on sexual minority (LGBQ+) participants in comparison to heterosexual participants at the onset of the pandemic. Method: Data were collected from individuals aged 18 years or older, living in the U.S., and English-speaking through Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform in early April, 2020. We employed multiple regression to examine the relationship between sexual minority orientation and cumulative stress for participants working through the first few months of COVID-19, controlling for gender, race and ethnicity, marital status, and age. Results: The regression model indicated a statistically significant relationship between sexual orientation and cumulative stress (B=3.03, p=.04). When age was added to the regression model, sexual orientation was no longer statistically significant (B=0.87, p=.54), and age was highly significant (B = -0.36, p <.001). Regardless of LGBQ+ status, age inversely predicted stress, indicating that younger individuals were more likely to experience stress. Conclusions and Implications: Age was found to suppress the relationship between sexual orientation and cumulative stress, suggesting that LGBQ+ status did not have a significant impact on stress levels once age was accounted for. Younger individuals reported higher levels of COVID-19 related cumulative stress compared to older individuals, which aligns with existing literature. Although LGBQ+ individuals were over-represented in the sample, this study indicates that stress cannot be solely attributed to their sexual orientation. Understanding the role of age is crucial, particularly considering data indicating significant mental health issues among young people since the pandemic began, which continue to be the case. This highlights the necessity for effective mental health interventions tailored to the needs of young people.
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