Childhood Physical Abuse, Internalized Homophobia, and Experiential Avoidance Among Lesbians and Gay Men

被引：25

作者：

Gold, Sari D. ^{[1
]}

Feinstein, Brian A.

Skidmore, W. Christopher

Marx, Brian P. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] VA Puget Sound Hlth Care Syst, Tacoma, WA USA

[2] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Natl Ctr PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare Syst, Boston, MA 02215 USA

来源：

PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY | 2011年 / 3卷 / 01期

关键词：

childhood physical abuse; lesbian; gay; depression; posttraumatic stress disorder; POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER; SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS; HATE-CRIME VICTIMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL SEQUELAE; BISEXUAL YOUTHS; UNITED-STATES; HEALTH; RISK; ORIENTATION; THERAPY;

D O I：

10.1037/a0020487

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

This study explored relations among childhood physical abuse. internalized homophobia. experiential avoidance. and current psychological symptoms in a community sample of 122 adult lesbians and 115 adult gay men. Childhood physical abuse predicted depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Furthermore. for gay men. internalized homophobia completely mediated the relation he childhood physical abuse and depression symptoms and partially mediated the relation between childhood physical abuse and PTSD symptoms. However. experiential avoidance did not mediate these relations. In contrast. experiential avoidance partially mediated the relation between childhood physical abuse and PTSD symptoms among lesbians: however. internalized homophobia did not mediate these relations. These findings suggest that internalized homophobia and experiential avoidance may have differential mediating roles in predicting psychological symptoms among lesbians and gay men who have experienced childhood physical abuse.

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页码：50 / 60

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