Thursday’s child: The role of adverse childhood experiences in explaining mental health disparities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual US adults

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dc.contributor.authorBlosnich, J. R., & Andersen, J. P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T19:50:43Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T19:50:43Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis study examined how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) may explain disparities in poor mental health between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) and heterosexual adults. Data are from three U.S. states’ 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys (n=20,060) that included sexual orientation, ACE inventory, and mental distress. LGB status was significantly associated with mental distress (OR=1.85 [1.14–3.02]). Once incorporating ACE scores into the multiple regression analysis, LGB status was no longer associated with mental distress (OR=1.28 [0.76–2.16]). The results corroborate previous research that LGB individuals report greater prevalence of childhood adversity than their heterosexual peers, which may explain LGB adulthood health disparities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlosnich, J. R., & Andersen, J. P. (2015). Thursday’s child: the role of adverse childhood experiences in explaining mental health disparities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual US adults. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 50(2), 335-338.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512235/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3856
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)en_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectLGBTQen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectdisparityen_US
dc.titleThursday’s child: The role of adverse childhood experiences in explaining mental health disparities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual US adultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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