ArticlePCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences2026
Relationally specific sexual identity concealment and loneliness among sexual and gender minority women in Japan: A culturally situated analysis.
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- Co-Design of a Sexuality Support Training Program for Practitioners Supporting People With Mental Illness (RIKASEKU-SAPOPRO): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Relationally specific sexual identity concealment and loneliness among sexual and gender minority women in Japan: A culturally situated analysis.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
Aim: To examine whether sexual identity concealment is differentially associated with loneliness across relational domains-parents and heterosexual friends-among sexual and gender minority (SGM) women in Japan, and to interpret these patterns within cultural norms. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, self-administered paper questionnaire study of SGM women in Japan ( Results: Concealment from heterosexual friends was associated with higher loneliness, whereas concealment from parents showed no clear association with loneliness. Bisexual identity, compared with lesbian identity, and past-year psychiatric service use were also related to greater loneliness. Conclusion: Sexual identity concealment is not monolithic; its association with loneliness depends on relational context. Peer-based concealment appears more consequential for loneliness than parent-directed concealment among SGM women in Japan. Interventions should address culturally situated norms in peer relationships, promote alternative pathways to connection, and avoid pathologizing strategic silence while mitigating its emotional costs.
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