4,071
Views
106
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research

Discrimination and Mental Health Among Sexual Minority College Students: The Type and Form of Discrimination Does Matter

, PhD, , PhD, , PhD, LCSW, , MSW, MA & , PhD

REFERENCES

  • Andersen, R. , and Fetner, T. , 2008. Cohort differences in tolerance of homosexuality: Attitudinal change in Canada and the United States, 1981–2000 , Public Opinion Quarterly 72 (2) (2008), pp. 311–330.
  • Andersson, L. M. , and Pearson, C. M. , 1999. Tit for tat? The spiraling effect of incivility in the workplace , The Academy of Management Review 24 (3) (1999), pp. 452–471.
  • Baron, R. M. , and Kenny, D. A. , 1986. The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51 (6) (1986), pp. 1173–1182, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.51.6.1173.
  • Bilodeau, B. L. , and Renn, K. A. , 2005. Analysis of LGBT identity development models and implications for practice , New Directions for Student Services 2005 (111) (2005), pp. 25–39.
  • Burn, S. M. , 2000. Heterosexuals’ use of “fag” and “queer” to deride one another: A contributor to heterosexism and stigma , Journal of Homosexuality 40 (2) (2000), pp. 1–11.
  • Caza, B. B. , and Cortina, L. , 2007. From insult to injury: Explaining the impact of incivility , Basic and Applied Social Psychology 29 (4) (2007), pp. 335–350.
  • Chakraborty, A. , McManus, S. , Brugha, T. S. , Bebbington, P. , and King, M. , 2011. Mental health of the non-heterosexual population of England , The British Journal of Psychiatry 198 (2) (2011), pp. 143–148.
  • Cortina, L. M. , 2008. Unseen injustice: Incivility as modern discrimination in organizations , Academy Review 33 (1) (2008), p. 55.
  • Cortina, L. M. , Magley, V. J. , Williams, J. H. , and Langhout, R. D. , 2001. Incivility in the workplace: Incidence and impact , Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 6 (1) (2001), pp. 64–80, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/1076–8998.6.1.64.
  • D’Augelli, A. R. , Pilkington, N. W. , and Hershberger, S. L. , 2002. Incidence and mental health impact of sexual orientation victimization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths in high school , School Psychology Quarterly 17 (2) (2002), pp. 148–167, doi: https://doi.org/10.1521/scpq.17.2.148.20854.
  • DeBord, K. A. , Wood, P. K. , Sher, K. J. , and Good, G. E. , 1998. The relevance of sexual orientation to substance abuse and psychological distress among college students , Journal of College Student Development 39 (2) (1998), pp. 157–168.
  • Derogatis, L. R. , 1993. BSI brief symptom inventory: Administration, scoring, and procedures manual (4th ed.) . Minneapolis, MN: National Computer Systems; 1993.
  • Dillman, D. A. , Smyth, J. D. , and Christian, L. M. , 2009. Internet, mail and mixed-mode surveys: The tailored design method. . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons; 2009.
  • Eisenberg, D. , Golberstein, E. , and Gollust, S. E. , 2007. Help-seeking and access to mental health care in a university student population , Medical Care 45 (7) (2007), pp. 594–601.
  • Ford, J. A. , and Jasinski, J. L. , 2006. Sexual orientation and substance use among college students , Addictive Behaviors 31 (3) (2006), pp. 404–413, .
  • Garlow, S. J. , Rosenberg, J. , Moore, J. D. , Haas, A. P. , Koestner, B. , Hendin, H. , and Nemeroff, C. B. , 2008. Depression, desperation, and suicidal ideation in college students: Results from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention College Screening Project at Emory University , Depression and Anxiety 25 (6) (2008), pp. 482–488.
  • Glomb, T. M. , Richman, W. L. , Hulin, C. L. , Drasgow, F. , Schneider, K. T. , and Fitzgerald, L. F. , 1997. Ambient sexual harassment: An integrated model of antecedents and consequences , Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 71 (3) (1997), pp. 309–328.
  • Gomez, J. P. , and Trierweiler, S. J. , 1999. Exploring cross-group discrimination: Measuring the dimensions of inferiorization , Journal of Applied Social Psychology 29 (9) (1999), pp. 1900–1926, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00157.x.
  • Haas, A. P. , Eliason, M. , Mays, V. M. , Mathy, R. M. , Cochran, S. D. , D’Augelli, A. R. , and Clayton, P. J. , 2010. Suicide and suicide risk in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations: Review and recommendations , Journal of Homosexuality 58 (1) (2010), pp. 10–51, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2011.534038.
  • Jewell, L. M. , and Morrison, M. A. , 2010. But there's a million jokes about everybody…”: Prevalence of, and reasons for, directing negative behaviors toward gay men on a Canadian university campus , Journal of Interpersonal Violence 25 (11) (2010), pp. 2094–2112.
  • Kinsey, A. C. , Pomeroy, W. B. , and Martin, C. E. , 1948. Sexual behavior in the human male . Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 1948.
  • Kisch, J. , Leino, E. V. , and Silverman, M. M. , 2005. Aspects of suicidal behavior, depression, and treatment in college students: Results from the spring 2000 national college health assessment survey , Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 35 (1) (2005), pp. 3–13.
  • Lazarus, R. S. , and Folkman, S. , 1984. Stress, appraisal, and coping . New York, NY: Springer; 1984.
  • Lord, S. , Brevard, J. , and Budman, S. , 2011. Connecting to young adults: An online social network survey of beliefs and attitudes associated with prescription opioid misuse among college students , Substance Use & Misuse 46 (1) (2011), pp. 66–76, doi: https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2011.521371.
  • MacKinnon, D. P. , Lockwood, C. M. , and Williams, J. , 2004. Confidence limits for the indirect effect: Distribution of the product and resampling methods , Multivariate Behavioral Research 39 (1) (2004), pp. 99–128.
  • McCarn, S. R. , and Fassinger, R. E. , 1996. Revisioning sexual minority identity formation: A new model of lesbian identity and its implications for counseling and research , The Counseling Psychologist 24 (3) (1996), pp. 508–534.
  • Meyer, I. H. , 1995. Minority stress and mental health in gay men , Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36 (1) (1995), pp. 38–56.
  • Meyer, I. H. , 2003. Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence , Psychological Bulletin 129 (5) (2003), pp. 674–697.
  • Meyer, I. H. , Oullette, S. C. , Haile, R. , and McFarlane, T. A. , 2011. We’d be free”: Narratives of life without homophobia, racism, or sexism , Sexuality Research & Social Policy 8 (3) (2011), pp. 204–214.
  • Miner-Rubino, K. , and Cortina, L. M. , 2004. Working in a context of hostility toward women: Implications for employees’ well-being , Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 9 (2) (2004), pp. 107–122, .
  • Nadal, K. L. , Rivera, D. P. , and Corpus, J. H. , 2010. "Sexual orientation and transgender microaggressions". In: Sue, D. W. , ed. Microaggressions and marginality: Manifestation, dynamics, and impact . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley; 2010. pp. 217–240.
  • Oswalt, S. B. , and Wyatt, T. J. , 2011. Sexual orientation and differences in mental health, stress, and academic performance in a national sample of U.S. college students , Journal of Homosexuality 58 (9) (2011), pp. 1255–1280, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2011.605738.
  • Preacher, K. , and Hayes, A. , 2008. Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models , Behavior Research Methods 40 (3) (2008), pp. 879–891, doi: https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.40.3.879.
  • Preacher, K. J. , and Kelley, K. , 2011. Effect size measures for mediation models: Quantitative strategies for communicating indirect effects , Psychological Methods 16 (2) (2011), pp. 93–115.
  • Rankin, S. R. , 2005. Campus climate for sexual minorities , New Directions for Student Services 2005 (111) (2005), pp. 17–23.
  • Rankin, S. R. , Weber, G. , Blumenfeld, W. , and Frazer, S. , 2010. 2010 state of greater education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people . Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride; 2010.
  • Serras, A. , Saules, K. K. , Cranford, J. A. , and Eisenberg, D. , 2010. Self-injury, substance use, and associated risk factors in a multi-campus probability sample of college students , Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 24 (1) (2010), pp. 119–128.
  • Seyle, H. , 1982. "Stress and holistic medicine". In: Sutterly, D. S. , and Donnelly, G. F. , eds. Coping with stress: A nursing perspective . Rockville, MD: Aspen System; 1982. pp. 69–72.
  • Silverschanz, P. , Cortina, L. M. , Konik, J. , and Magley, V. J. , 2008. Slurs, snubs, and queer jokes: Incidence and impact of heterosexist harassment in academia , Sex Roles 58 (3–4) (2008), pp. 179–191.
  • Sobel, M. E. , 1982. "Asymptomatic intervals for indirect effects in structural equation models". In: Leinhart, S. , ed. Sociological methodology . Vol. 13. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 1982. pp. 290–312.
  • Soet, J. , and Sevig, T. , 2006. Mental health issues facing a diverse sample of college students: Results from the college student mental health survey , NASPA Journal 43 (3) (2006), pp. 410–431.
  • Sue, D. W. , 2010a. Microaggressions and marginality: Manifestation, dynamics, and impact . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons; 2010a. pp. 217–240.
  • Sue, D. W. , 2010b. Microaggressions in everyday life: Race, gender, and sexual orientation. . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons; 2010b.
  • Swim, J. K. , Pearson, N. B. , and Johnston, K. E. , 2007. Daily encounters with heterosexism: A week in the life of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals , Journal of Homosexuality 53 (4) (2007), pp. 31–48.
  • Ueno, K. , 2010. Same-sex experience and mental health during the transition between adolescence and young adulthood , Sociological Quarterly 51 (3) (2010), pp. 484–510.
  • Vrangalova, Z. , and Savin-Williams, R. , 2012. Mostly heterosexual and mostly gay/lesbian: Evidence for new sexual orientation identities , Archives of Sexual Behavior 41 (1) (2012), pp. 85–101.
  • Weissman, M. M. , Wolk, S. , Goldstein, R. B. , Moreau, D. , Adams, P. , Greenwald, S. , and … Wickramaratne, P. , 1999. Depressed adolescents grown up , JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 281 (18) (1999), pp. 1707–1713, .
  • Westefeld, J. S. , Maples, M. R. , Buford, B. , and Taylor, S. , 2001. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students: The relationship between sexual orientation and depression, loneliness, and suicide , Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 15 (3) (2001), pp. 71–82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1300/J035v15n03_06.
  • Wilcox, H. C. , Arria, A. M. , Caldeira, K. M. , Vincent, K. B. , Pinchevsky, G. M. , and O’Grady, K. E. , 2010. Prevalence and predictors of persistent suicide ideation, plans, and attempts during college , Journal of Affective Disorders 127 (1) (2010), pp. 287–294.
  • Woodford, M. R. , Howell, M. L. , Silverschanz, P. , and Yu, L. , 2012. That's so gay!” Examining the covariates of hearing this expression among gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students , Journal of American College Health 60 (6) (2012), pp. 429–434.
  • Woodford, M. R. , Kolb, C. , Radeka, G. , and Javier, G. , in press. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ally training programs on campus: Current variations and future directions , Journal of College Student Development (in press).
  • Woodford, M. R. , Krentzman, A. , and Gattis, M. , 2012. Alcohol and drug use among sexual minority college students and their heterosexual counterparts: The effects of experiencing and witnessing incivility and hostility on campus , Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation 3 (1) (2012), pp. 11–23.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.