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Exploring Helplessness and Stress Coping Strategies Among Sexual Minority: A Cross-Sectional Study

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The study was conducted on transgender and gay individuals to explore whether the two groups differ on Stress Coping Strategies and Helplessness. The study also assessed the correlation between their Stress Coping Strategies and Helplessness. The study was conducted on 159 participants, 72 gay, and 87 transgender individuals. The data was subjected to correlation and t-test, assuming unequal variance. The correlational analysis revealed that ‘outer wall strategy’ had a negative correlation with ‘inadequacy’ (-0.41), ‘coping difficulties’ (-0.39), and ‘failure to invariants and negative events’ (-0.26) and a positive correlation with ‘problem avoidance and low cognition’ (0.24); ‘diet control’ had a negative correlation with ‘inadequacy’ (-0.29), ‘coping difficulties’ (-0.24) and ‘failure to invariants and negative events’ (-0.23) and ‘avoidance’ had positive correlation with ‘syndrome of cognitive motivational disturbances’ (0.28) and negative correlation with ‘coping difficulties’ (-0.27) and ‘anxious over concern and fruitless tendency to worry’ (-0.20). Further, the findings revealed that transgender individuals (112.85) scored significantly higher on Stress Coping Strategies as compared to gay individuals (101.30). However, there was no significant difference between gay (65.54) and transgender (64.93) with respect to helplessness.

Source: Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v16n4.04

Authors: Priyambada K. Verma, Yogesh Deshpande

Institution: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $150