TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among 2,162 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in South Korea
T2 - Does Community Connectedness Modify the Association?
AU - Lee, Hyemin
AU - Park, Jooyoung
AU - Choi, Bokyoung
AU - Yi, Horim
AU - Kim, Seung Sup
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Group Chingusai and the Beautiful Foundation in Korea. This work was partially supported by the Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Group Chingusai and the Beautiful Foundation. Many thanks to the members of the LGBTAIQP Suicide Prevention Project Connect-your-hearts of Chingusai for their support and assistance in the development of survey questionnaires and the recruitment of study participants.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study investigated the association between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among Korean lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals and explored the role of community connectedness in that association. We analyzed a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 2,162 LGB adults in Korea. Discrimination based on its types, including sexual orientation, over the past 12 months was classified into four categories: (1) ‘never experienced discrimination,’ experienced (2) ‘only sexual orientation discrimination,’ (3) ‘any of the other types of discrimination,’ and (4) ‘both sexual orientation discrimination and any of the other types of discrimination.’ Our findings suggest that there was a statistically significant association between ‘only sexual orientation discrimination’ and depressive symptoms among LGB individuals with a low-level of community connectedness, but not among those with a high-level. In the other two categories of discrimination, which included the other types of discrimination, the associations were statistically significant, regardless of the level of community connectedness.
AB - This study investigated the association between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among Korean lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals and explored the role of community connectedness in that association. We analyzed a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 2,162 LGB adults in Korea. Discrimination based on its types, including sexual orientation, over the past 12 months was classified into four categories: (1) ‘never experienced discrimination,’ experienced (2) ‘only sexual orientation discrimination,’ (3) ‘any of the other types of discrimination,’ and (4) ‘both sexual orientation discrimination and any of the other types of discrimination.’ Our findings suggest that there was a statistically significant association between ‘only sexual orientation discrimination’ and depressive symptoms among LGB individuals with a low-level of community connectedness, but not among those with a high-level. In the other two categories of discrimination, which included the other types of discrimination, the associations were statistically significant, regardless of the level of community connectedness.
KW - LGB
KW - South Korea
KW - community connectedness
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - discrimination
KW - mental health
KW - sexual minority
KW - sexual orientation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067566594&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2019.1624456
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2019.1624456
M3 - Article
C2 - 31194923
AN - SCOPUS:85067566594
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 68
SP - 70
EP - 87
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 1
ER -
