Heterosexist Harassment and Rejection, Emotional Social Support and Perceived Stress in a Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Sample Page: 2
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Fritz, Sarah-Mee Hesse, Heterosexist harassment and rejection, emotional social
support and perceived stress in a lesbian, gqay and bisexual sample. Master of Science
(Psychology), December 2012, 66 pp., 10 tables, 4 figures, references, 100 titles.
The minority stress theory suggests LGBs experience greater stress levels due
to their sexual minority identities; thus, they are more prone to psychological distress.
Poor mental health is linked to internalized homophobia and heterosexism. However,
affirmative social support may mitigate the stress response via the buffering hypothesis.
My model posits that LGBs are more likely to report perceived stress; however,
affirmative social support can mitigate stress. I investigated the relationship between
perceived stress and sexual minority identity. I explored the relationship between
heterosexism, emotional support and perceived stress and the moderating role of social
support in my LGB sample. I conducted a hierarchical linear regression to test my
model, which accounted for 29% of the variance in perceived stress. Heterosexism and
emotional support were significantly associated with perceived stress. I failed to find a
moderating role of emotional support. Limitations, strengths, future research and
implications are discussed.
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Fritz, Sarah-Mee Hesse. Heterosexist Harassment and Rejection, Emotional Social Support and Perceived Stress in a Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Sample, thesis, December 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177197/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .