INS NYC 2024 Program

Poster	Poster Session 05 Program Schedule 02/15/2024 02:30 pm - 03:45 pm Room: Majestic Complex (Posters 61-120) Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry \| Addiction/Dependence \| Stress/Coping \| Emotional/Social Processes Final Abstract #61 Stigma and Mental Health in LGBTQ: How Stigmatization Impacts Severity and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Isa-Marie Kreuzinger, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States Caroline Kocher, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States Mark Brennan-Ing, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States Anna Egbert, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States BRAID Lab, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States Category: Emotional and Social Processes Keyword 1: anxiety Keyword 2: minority issues Keyword 3: social processes Objective: To examine the relationship between the experience of stigma and depression, anxiety, and stress in LGBTQ individuals, as well as the symptomatology of anxiety and stress when they coexist with different stigmas. Participants and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 385 LGBTQ participants (age M=41, SD=13). Data was collected through a self-administered online survey as part of a larger study. Questions adapted from the Daily Heterosexist Experiences Questionnaire (DHEQ) examined participants’ experience of different stigmas. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) and State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measured depression, anxiety, and stress. Pearson r Correlation and Chi-Square Test were used to analyze the relationship between different stigmas and depression, anxiety, and stress. Results: Nearly all types of stigma were significantly related to severity of depression, anxiety, and stress (R>0.138, p<0.05). In comparison to participants with mild symptoms, those individuals who showed moderate to severe symptoms of all three mental health concerns were those who experienced parenting stigma and victimization (Χ²>4.573, p<0.05). In those individuals, stigma was mostly linked to the severity of depression (Χ²>4.573, p<0.05), with the key symptom of feeling down-hearted (R>0.121, p<0.05). Conclusions: This study not only proves the link between stigma and mental health in LGBTQ individuals but also details the unique symptomatology of depression, anxiety, and stress in stigmatized individuals. This knowledge can be used to aid more comprehensive mental health diagnoses in LGBTQ, therefore helping to prevent prolonged lack of treatment.

Poster

02/15/2024
02:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Room: Majestic Complex (Posters 61-120)

Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry | Addiction/Dependence | Stress/Coping | Emotional/Social Processes

Final Abstract #61

Stigma and Mental Health in LGBTQ: How Stigmatization Impacts Severity and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Isa-Marie Kreuzinger, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States
Caroline Kocher, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States
Mark Brennan-Ing, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
Anna Egbert, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States
BRAID Lab, Psychology Department at St. Joseph's University New York, Brooklyn, United States

Category: Emotional and Social Processes

Keyword 1: anxiety
Keyword 2: minority issues
Keyword 3: social processes

Objective:

To examine the relationship between the experience of stigma and depression, anxiety, and stress in LGBTQ individuals, as well as the symptomatology of anxiety and stress when they coexist with different stigmas.

Participants and Methods:

This cross-sectional study included 385 LGBTQ participants (age M=41, SD=13). Data was collected through a self-administered online survey as part of a larger study. Questions adapted from the Daily Heterosexist Experiences Questionnaire (DHEQ) examined participants’ experience of different stigmas. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) and State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measured depression, anxiety, and stress. Pearson r Correlation and Chi-Square Test were used to analyze the relationship between different stigmas and depression, anxiety, and stress.

Results:

Nearly all types of stigma were significantly related to severity of depression, anxiety, and stress (R>0.138, p<0.05). In comparison to participants with mild symptoms, those individuals who showed moderate to severe symptoms of all three mental health concerns were those who experienced parenting stigma and victimization (Χ²>4.573, p<0.05). In those individuals, stigma was mostly linked to the severity of depression (Χ²>4.573, p<0.05), with the key symptom of feeling down-hearted (R>0.121, p<0.05).

Conclusions:

This study not only proves the link between stigma and mental health in LGBTQ individuals but also details the unique symptomatology of depression, anxiety, and stress in stigmatized individuals. This knowledge can be used to aid more comprehensive mental health diagnoses in LGBTQ, therefore helping to prevent prolonged lack of treatment.