COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress and Resilience Levels based on Gender and Sexual Orientation.
Year: 2021
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Generous escalations of scholarly attention surrounding \nthe LGBTQ+ community throughout the COVID-19 \npandemic were fathomed (Salerno et al., 2020). \nContrastingly, low investigations of their stress and \nresilience levels during COVID-19 inspired empirical \nresponsiveness (UN News, 2020). Hence, this study \nexplored the differences in stress and resilience among \npopulations based on gender and sexual orientation. \nWith a cross-cultural, quantitative, multifactorial, \nbetween-groups experimental design, this study \nrecruited (N=776) participants from various countries, \nincluding Ireland, The United States, The Netherlands, \nand Germany. This study generated significant results, \nreported that bisexuals have higher stress levels and \nlower resilience levels than their homosexual and \nheterosexual counterparts. Whereas concerning gender, \ntransgender individuals reported higher stress levels \nand lower resilience levels than their cisgender \ncounterparts. These results also gave rise to significant \ninteracting effects between gender and sexual \norientation on resilience and stress, which suggested \nthat an individuals’ sexuality may influence stress and \nresilience levels. This study’s results advanced \nopportunities for future research, theoretical and \npractical implications such as; incorporating ethnicity as \na variable while further recommendations are \ndelineated.
Author: Kathryn Judge
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3193924357