Healio (4/26, VanDewater) reports, “On days when youth in the LGBTQ+ community reported more external and internal identity-related stressors, they also reported more intense thoughts of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury, data showed.” The study included 92 individuals 12 to 19 years old “who self-identified as a sexual and/or gender minority.” Healio adds, “Analyses of diary entries revealed that experiencing external and internal minority stressors on a particular day was associated with a greater intensity of suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury ideation on that day.” Additionally, “participants…reported greater negative affect, lower positive affect and more emotion dysregulation on these days.” The findings were published online in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.
Related Links:
— “Suicidality, self-harm ideation among LGBTQ+ youth vary based on daily stressors “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, April 26, 2023