Mental health literacy in India and Australia and its relationship to attitudes towards LGBT people

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Psychology & Sexuality Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI:10.1080/19419899.2022.2049630

R. Miller, Daniel O’Neill, Yeow Khoon Pua, Carmen M. Atkinson, F. Martin

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ABSTRACT Research on the mental health of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) often emphasises individual vulnerability to mental health issues. However, attitudes towards LGBT individuals may also contribute to their experiences of minority stress. In the present study, the relationship between mental health literacy (MHL) and attitudes towards LGBT individuals in Australia and India was investigated. Seven-hundred and eleven participants (355 male) from Australia (n = 303) and India (n = 408) completed an online survey which included questionnaires indexing the participants’ MHL and their attitudes towards LGBT individuals. MHL was associated with attitude scores, such that participants with higher levels of MHL tended to report more positive attitudes towards LGBT individuals. These relationships were stronger for Australian participants compared to Indian participants. These findings suggest that minority stress may be intensified for LGBT individuals when the MHL of the people they interact with is low. Alternatively, MHL may signal how willing an individual is to offer mental health support to a LGBT person. The present results also highlight the influence of cultural context on MHL and the need to consider this when examining attitudes towards LGBT individuals.

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印度和澳大利亚的心理健康素养及其与对LGBT人群态度的关系

关于女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋或跨性别者(LGBT)心理健康的研究往往强调个体对心理健康问题的脆弱性。然而，对LGBT个体的态度也可能导致他们经历少数派压力。本研究调查了澳大利亚和印度的心理健康素养(MHL)与对LGBT个体的态度之间的关系。来自澳大利亚(n = 303)和印度(n = 408)的711名参与者(355名男性)完成了一项在线调查，其中包括索引参与者的MHL和他们对LGBT个体的态度的问卷。MHL与态度得分相关，因此MHL水平较高的参与者倾向于报告对LGBT个体的积极态度。与印度参与者相比，澳大利亚参与者的这种关系更强。这些发现表明，当他们交往的人的MHL较低时，LGBT个体的少数派压力可能会加剧。另外，MHL可能表明一个人愿意为LGBT人群提供心理健康支持的程度。目前的结果还强调了文化背景对MHL的影响，以及在研究对LGBT个体的态度时考虑这一点的必要性。

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