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  • Title: Sexual and gender minority stress and clinical symptom severity in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents.
    Author: Clark KA, Schwartzman JM, Bettis AH.
    Journal: Psychiatry Res; 2024 Apr; 334():115838. PubMed ID: 38452497.
    Abstract:
    This study examined the role of lifetime and past 30-day experiences of sexual and gender minority (SGM) stress on clinical symptom severity in 286 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Participants completed measures of clinical symptoms, and SGM adolescents (n = 176, 61.5 %) reported on minority stress experiences across three domains (i.e., negative expectancies, internalized homonegativity, homonegative climate). SGM adolescents reported greater clinical symptom severity than non-SGM adolescents. Most SGM adolescents (77.3%) reported lifetime minority stress exposure, endorsing an average of 3.3 stressors (SD = 2.9). Among those endorsing lifetime minority stress history, 76.1% reported past 30-day minority stress exposure. Lifetime and recent minority stress exposure were positively associated with clinical symptom severity. Findings support the importance of assessing SGM identities and minority stress experiences in psychiatric settings and supporting youth in coping with these experiences.
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