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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2025

Moderating effects of self-defined sexual orientation on the relation between social factors and depressive symptoms or suicidal ideation among French young adults.

Junko Kose, Camille Davisse-Paturet, Anne Pastorello, Laurence Meyer, Maria Melchior, Cécile Vuillermoz, Alexandra Rouquette, EpiCov Study Group

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Junko KoseUniversité Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (CESP), Paris, France. junko.kose@inserm.fr.
Camille Davisse-PaturetSocial Epidemiology Research Team, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie Et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Université, InsermParis, Sorbonne, France.
Anne PastorelloUniversité Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (CESP), Paris, France.
Laurence MeyerUniversité Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (CESP), Paris, France.
Maria MelchiorSocial Epidemiology Research Team, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie Et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Université, InsermParis, Sorbonne, France.
Cécile VuillermozUniversité Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (CESP), Paris, France.
Alexandra RouquetteUniversité Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (CESP), Paris, France.
EpiCov Study Group

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purposeDisparities in mental health across sexual orientation groups and among young adults have long been discussed. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the moderating effects of sexual orientation on the associations between social factors and depressive symptoms as well as suicidal ideation in young adults.

methodsThe study included 6,337 participants aged 18-25y in 2022 from the French EpiCov cohort. The outcome variables were depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Poisson regressions with robust error variance were performed to investigate the associations between social factors and outcomes according to sexual orientation (lesbian, gay, bisexual, other, or not defining themselves according to their sexuality: sexual minority (SM); heterosexual or not wishing to answer: Not belonging to SM (NSM)).

resultsThe prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation was higher in the SM than in the NSM group. Regarding depressive symptoms, significant moderating effects of sexual orientation were observed for female vs male sex (NSM: adjusted Prevalence Ratio (aPR) 1.58[1.28-1.95], SM: aPR 1.03[0.78-1.36]) and age category 22-25y vs 18-21y (NSM: aPR 1.32[1.05-1.67], SM: aPR 0.78[0.59-1.03]). Regarding suicidal ideation, significant moderating effect was observed for not being vs being in a relationship (NSM: aPR 1.55[1.14-2.12], SM: aPR 0.82[0.59-1.13]).

conclusionIn this study conducted in 2022, well-known social risk factors of mental problems do not explain the higher prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among young SM group. Further studies are needed to understand the specific challenges faced by these young people.

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DepressionSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorSuicidal IdeationAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFranceHumansMalePrevalenceRisk FactorsSocial FactorsYoung AdultDepressive symptomsEpidemiologySexual orientationSocial factorsSuicidal ideationYoung adults

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