Minority Stress, Resilience, and Trouble Falling Asleep among Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents
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| Title: | Minority Stress, Resilience, and Trouble Falling Asleep among Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Will J. Beischel (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Adolescence. 2025 97(6):1581-1596. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS) |
| Contract Number: | K01DA047918 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Minority Group Students, LGBTQ People, Adolescents, Stress Variables, Sleep, Resilience (Psychology), Victims, Violence, Social Bias, Family Relationship, Environmental Influences, Teacher Role, Social Support Groups, Gender Differences |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jad.12520 |
| ISSN: | 0140-1971 1095-9254 |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Gender and sexual minority adolescents experience greater stress and report worse sleep outcomes compared to their cisgender and/or heterosexual peers. Understanding how minority stress and resilience factors are linked to sleep health provides levers for improving sleep within these populations. Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey of LGBTQ+ adolescents in the US conducted in 2017 (n = 11,282; M[subscript age] = 15.6 years; 65% white), we compared gender/sex and sexuality subgroups' trouble falling asleep and conducted linear regressions relating trouble falling asleep to minority stress (i.e., violent victimization, bias-based victimization, and family rejection) and resilience (i.e., familial warmth, family acceptance, gender-affirming environments, teacher support, trusted adult at school, and presence of a gender-sexuality alliance [GSA]) factors for both gender and sexual minority adolescents. Results: We found small but significant differences in sleep across gender/sex categories, with gender minorities and youth assigned female at birth having worse sleep than cisgender sexual minorities and youth assigned male at birth, respectively. Further, violent LGBTQ+ victimization and gender expression-based victimization were associated with more trouble falling asleep, and familial warmth was associated with less trouble falling asleep for both groups. For cisgender sexual minorities, family rejection and gender-based victimization were also linked with worse sleep while presence of a GSA and a trusted adult at school were linked with better sleep. For gender minorities, gender-segregated restroom use was also linked with better sleep. Conclusions: Victimization prevention, increased access to school supports, and improved family connectedness may help enhance LGBTQ+ youth sleep quality and overall health. |
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| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1479147 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Gender and sexual minority adolescents experience greater stress and report worse sleep outcomes compared to their cisgender and/or heterosexual peers. Understanding how minority stress and resilience factors are linked to sleep health provides levers for improving sleep within these populations. Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey of LGBTQ+ adolescents in the US conducted in 2017 (n = 11,282; M[subscript age] = 15.6 years; 65% white), we compared gender/sex and sexuality subgroups' trouble falling asleep and conducted linear regressions relating trouble falling asleep to minority stress (i.e., violent victimization, bias-based victimization, and family rejection) and resilience (i.e., familial warmth, family acceptance, gender-affirming environments, teacher support, trusted adult at school, and presence of a gender-sexuality alliance [GSA]) factors for both gender and sexual minority adolescents. Results: We found small but significant differences in sleep across gender/sex categories, with gender minorities and youth assigned female at birth having worse sleep than cisgender sexual minorities and youth assigned male at birth, respectively. Further, violent LGBTQ+ victimization and gender expression-based victimization were associated with more trouble falling asleep, and familial warmth was associated with less trouble falling asleep for both groups. For cisgender sexual minorities, family rejection and gender-based victimization were also linked with worse sleep while presence of a GSA and a trusted adult at school were linked with better sleep. For gender minorities, gender-segregated restroom use was also linked with better sleep. Conclusions: Victimization prevention, increased access to school supports, and improved family connectedness may help enhance LGBTQ+ youth sleep quality and overall health. |
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| ISSN: | 0140-1971 1095-9254 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jad.12520 |
