Pub Date : 2023-03-21DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2023.2191591
M. H. Gutekunst, Christopher T. H. Liang
Abstract There has been a growth in research that is focused on the experiences of bisexual individuals. Bisexual individuals are disproportionately impacted by identity abuse, a form of intimate partner violence perpetrated against an individual’s visible and/or invisible identities that serves to discredit, undermine or devalue those identities (Scheer et al., 2019). The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between experiences of identity abuse (in the past year and adulthood), depression and generalized anxiety symptoms, and how both are moderated by identity affirmation in a sample of 83 partnered bisexual people. A quarter of the sample endorsed having experienced at least one form of identity abuse in the past year and an overwhelming majority (66.3%) in their adulthood. Using moderation analyses, identity affirmation did not moderate the relationship between identity abuse in the past year and adulthood, and depression and generalized anxiety symptoms. These findings highlight the need to continue conducting research that is bisexual-specific in an effort to develop a better understanding of their experiences, stressors and protective factors.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-15DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2106607
C. Nagoshi, Aviva Bechky, Julie L Nagoshi, V. Pillai
Abstract In a previous study, for a sample of 187 female and 107 male straight U.S. college undergraduates randomly assigned to complete measures of homophobia and transphobia with either born-female or born-male targets, the authors reported on the similarities and differences between the correlates for homophobia versus those for transphobia, dependent on participant and/or target gender. Participants in this study also completed a widely used measure of biphobia. In the present brief report, the authors show not only that straight participants’ homophobia scores were highly correlated with their biphobia ones but that the correlations of homophobia with other predictors were highly similar to the corresponding ones for biphobia. In contrast to the previously demonstrated functional bases for differences in determinants of straight individuals’ attitudes about gay/lesbian versus transgender individuals, these new findings indicate that, for straight individuals, determinants of biphobia largely overlap with those for homophobia.
{"title":"For Straight Persons, Correlates of Biphobia Are Mostly the Same as for Homophobia","authors":"C. Nagoshi, Aviva Bechky, Julie L Nagoshi, V. Pillai","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2022.2106607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2106607","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In a previous study, for a sample of 187 female and 107 male straight U.S. college undergraduates randomly assigned to complete measures of homophobia and transphobia with either born-female or born-male targets, the authors reported on the similarities and differences between the correlates for homophobia versus those for transphobia, dependent on participant and/or target gender. Participants in this study also completed a widely used measure of biphobia. In the present brief report, the authors show not only that straight participants’ homophobia scores were highly correlated with their biphobia ones but that the correlations of homophobia with other predictors were highly similar to the corresponding ones for biphobia. In contrast to the previously demonstrated functional bases for differences in determinants of straight individuals’ attitudes about gay/lesbian versus transgender individuals, these new findings indicate that, for straight individuals, determinants of biphobia largely overlap with those for homophobia.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"115 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44197116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-02DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2023.2183923
R. Snowden, N. Gray, J. Rollings, Katie S. Uzzell
Abstract Attentional resources might be automatically attracted to highly motivational stimuli such as a possible sexual partner. We tested whether attention would be automatically attracted to images of men vs women in women with a self-reported sexual attraction to men (androphilic), women (gynephilic) or to both men and women (ambiphilic) in a dot-probe paradigm. While androphilic women showed a small bias toward the female images, both ambiphilic and gynephilic women showed a strong bias toward the female images. The results show that these early automatic processes of attention are toward women in this sample of ambiphilic women and therefore inconsistent with their self-report sexual preferences.
{"title":"Automatic Attention to Sexual Images of Men and Women in Androphilic, Ambiphilic, and Gynephilic Women","authors":"R. Snowden, N. Gray, J. Rollings, Katie S. Uzzell","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2023.2183923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2023.2183923","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Attentional resources might be automatically attracted to highly motivational stimuli such as a possible sexual partner. We tested whether attention would be automatically attracted to images of men vs women in women with a self-reported sexual attraction to men (androphilic), women (gynephilic) or to both men and women (ambiphilic) in a dot-probe paradigm. While androphilic women showed a small bias toward the female images, both ambiphilic and gynephilic women showed a strong bias toward the female images. The results show that these early automatic processes of attention are toward women in this sample of ambiphilic women and therefore inconsistent with their self-report sexual preferences.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"170 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49114524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2160856
Clara Bafaluy Avenoza
Abstract In the episode “Whose blood is that?” (5x02) of How to Get Away with Murder the main cast seeks to obtain an appeal for Nanda Hashim, a Rohingya Muslim who, after signing a plea deal, is serving time for the murder of her white American wife. The specific circumstances of her case and the discourse that is generated around it address issues of race, religion, asylum, and (bi)sexuality. Through a close reading of two scenes which create significant ruptures in the episode’s narrative and through the use of queer and bisexual theory, this article analyzes the unexpected ways in which it deconstructs homonationalist ideals and fantasies of Western benevolence. Due to the episode’s deployment of bisexuality and irony, this article emphasizes their queer potential as disruptive influences on paternalistic discourses of asylum as well as their ability to expose and make explicit the violence that underlies the state’s investment in futurity and self-reproduction.
{"title":"(Bi)Sexuality across Borders and Queer Irony: Disrupting the Legal System in How to Get Away with Murder","authors":"Clara Bafaluy Avenoza","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2022.2160856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2160856","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the episode “Whose blood is that?” (5x02) of How to Get Away with Murder the main cast seeks to obtain an appeal for Nanda Hashim, a Rohingya Muslim who, after signing a plea deal, is serving time for the murder of her white American wife. The specific circumstances of her case and the discourse that is generated around it address issues of race, religion, asylum, and (bi)sexuality. Through a close reading of two scenes which create significant ruptures in the episode’s narrative and through the use of queer and bisexual theory, this article analyzes the unexpected ways in which it deconstructs homonationalist ideals and fantasies of Western benevolence. Due to the episode’s deployment of bisexuality and irony, this article emphasizes their queer potential as disruptive influences on paternalistic discourses of asylum as well as their ability to expose and make explicit the violence that underlies the state’s investment in futurity and self-reproduction.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"186 - 196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45783461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2153191
Melissa Allen
Abstract The role of media in identity formation is a documented topic but media is rarely used in developmental interventions by educators and practitioners in ensuring individuals are able to engage with positive depictions of their identities. This manuscript explores the potential developmental implications of positive, trope-defying depictions of bisexuality in Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper for bisexual identity development. The four published volumes were analyzed to explore their resistance to compulsory binarization, delegitimization of bisexuality as a valid identity, and the trope of the promiscuous bisexual. Tracing Nick’s journey to understand his bisexuality through Dillon et al.’s Unifying Model of Sexual Identity Development, the shift from compulsory heterosexuality to deepening his commitment to his bisexual identity, Nick’s journey provides educators and practitioners a positive depiction of bisexuality to use with individuals who may be questioning if they are bisexual or looking to explore their bisexuality at a deeper level. Combined with the resistance to harmful tropes, this positive depiction has the potential to serve as a developmental tool for practitioners and educators to use with students exploring their identity.
{"title":"“In a Romantic Way, Not Just a Friend Way!”: Exploring the Developmental Implications of Positive Depictions of Bisexuality in Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper","authors":"Melissa Allen","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2022.2153191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2153191","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The role of media in identity formation is a documented topic but media is rarely used in developmental interventions by educators and practitioners in ensuring individuals are able to engage with positive depictions of their identities. This manuscript explores the potential developmental implications of positive, trope-defying depictions of bisexuality in Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper for bisexual identity development. The four published volumes were analyzed to explore their resistance to compulsory binarization, delegitimization of bisexuality as a valid identity, and the trope of the promiscuous bisexual. Tracing Nick’s journey to understand his bisexuality through Dillon et al.’s Unifying Model of Sexual Identity Development, the shift from compulsory heterosexuality to deepening his commitment to his bisexual identity, Nick’s journey provides educators and practitioners a positive depiction of bisexuality to use with individuals who may be questioning if they are bisexual or looking to explore their bisexuality at a deeper level. Combined with the resistance to harmful tropes, this positive depiction has the potential to serve as a developmental tool for practitioners and educators to use with students exploring their identity.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"197 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46944933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-05DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2150919
Christopher Anders, Shannon L. Stuart-Maver, Jung Eui Hong, Echo Amos
Abstract Bi + individuals make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ + community (Gates, 2011), but are often underrepresented in the literature (Galupo at al., 2017). Most research on bi + experiences focuses on discrimination (Roberts et al., 2015; Sarno et al., 2020; Weiss, 2003), whereas less research has examined the ways in which bi + men develop their own self-concepts of gender and sexuality while facing negative stigmatization and erasure from both heterosexual and queer communities. This study implements Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR; Hill et al., 1997; Hill et al., 2005) to examine the question: how do bi + men develop and express their masculinity and sexuality while moving between and within heteronormative and queer sociocultural spaces? Findings consist of six domains including: (1) Beyond labels; (2) Fighting for authenticity; (3) Policing identity; (4) Importance of social support; (5) Intersecting identities; and (6) Family influence. Ultimately, bi + men described flexibility in their gender and sexual identities, a resilient pursuit of authenticity amidst negative experiences and ostracization from possible spaces in which to explore identity, the influence of racial, religious and cultural values on their identity development, and the invaluable nature of an affirming, accepting and encouraging environment.
摘要Bi + 个人在LGBTQ中所占比例最大 + 社区（Gates，2011），但在文献中往往代表性不足（Galupo et al.，2017）。关于bi的大多数研究 + 经验侧重于歧视（Roberts et al.，2015；Sarno et al.，2020；Weiss，2003），而较少的研究考察了歧视的方式 + 男性发展自己的性别和性观念，同时面临异性恋和酷儿群体的负面污名化和抹杀。本研究实施了一致性定性研究（CQR；Hill等人，1997年；Hill et al.，2005），以检验以下问题： + 男性在非规范和酷儿社会文化空间之间和内部流动的同时，发展和表达他们的男子气概和性取向？研究结果包括六个领域，包括：（1）超越标签；（2） 为真实性而战；（3） 警务身份；（4） 社会支持的重要性；（5） 交叉身份；（6）家庭影响。最终，bi + 男性描述了他们性别和性身份的灵活性，在负面经历中对真实性的坚韧追求，以及对探索身份的可能空间的排斥，种族、宗教和文化价值观对他们身份发展的影响，以及肯定、接受和鼓励环境的宝贵性质。
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Pub Date : 2022-09-29DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2124214
Eric Filice, Corey W. Johnson, Diana C. Parry
Abstract Geo-social networking applications (GSNAs) like Tinder and Grindr are popular tools for connecting with people for romance, sex, and other purposes, particularly among sexual minorities. This paper draws on narrative interviews with 13 bisexual persons (5 cisgender men, 6 cisgender women, 2 trans/nonbinary persons) to explore their GSNA use, including motives and gratifications, relational dynamics, and implications for individual identities and cultural understandings of bisexuality. Participants presented complex and ambivalent accounts of their GSNA use, revealing a variety of relational aspirations and experiences. Whatever users’ goals, cultural meanings associated with bisexuality shaped online interactions in ways that impeded their fulfillment, with binegativity routinely preventing relationship formation in the first instance or precipitating relationship dissolution. Despite these challenges, bisexual persons regularly have successful digitally-mediated encounters which can reshape private and collective understandings of bisexuality. GSNAs expose users to new experiences and discourses that help them make sense of their erotic predilections, including partner sex/gender sexuality. They may also play a role in the broader sea change in attitudes toward bisexuality by facilitating the formation of mixed orientation relationships wherein stereotypes are gradually replaced by direct personal experience.
{"title":"Unicorns on the Digital Range: Bisexual Persons’ Experiences of Geo-Social Networking Application Use","authors":"Eric Filice, Corey W. Johnson, Diana C. Parry","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2022.2124214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2124214","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Geo-social networking applications (GSNAs) like Tinder and Grindr are popular tools for connecting with people for romance, sex, and other purposes, particularly among sexual minorities. This paper draws on narrative interviews with 13 bisexual persons (5 cisgender men, 6 cisgender women, 2 trans/nonbinary persons) to explore their GSNA use, including motives and gratifications, relational dynamics, and implications for individual identities and cultural understandings of bisexuality. Participants presented complex and ambivalent accounts of their GSNA use, revealing a variety of relational aspirations and experiences. Whatever users’ goals, cultural meanings associated with bisexuality shaped online interactions in ways that impeded their fulfillment, with binegativity routinely preventing relationship formation in the first instance or precipitating relationship dissolution. Despite these challenges, bisexual persons regularly have successful digitally-mediated encounters which can reshape private and collective understandings of bisexuality. GSNAs expose users to new experiences and discourses that help them make sense of their erotic predilections, including partner sex/gender sexuality. They may also play a role in the broader sea change in attitudes toward bisexuality by facilitating the formation of mixed orientation relationships wherein stereotypes are gradually replaced by direct personal experience.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"50 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41355874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-14DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2116516
Roberto L. Abreu, M. Hernández, I. Ramos, Koree S Badio, Kirsten A. Gonzalez
Abstract Family acceptance and support is crucial for LGBTQ individual’s well-being. For Latinx LGBTQ people specifically, Latinx cultural values, beliefs, and traditions (e.g., familismo, gender norms, respeto, religion and spirituality) play an important role in their relationship with their family members. To date, however, little is known about the unique experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual people within the context of their families. In a sample of 63 Latinx bi+/plurisexual people, we used a qualitative approach to explore: (a) factors leading to the disclosure of one’s bi+/plurisexual identity to family members, (b) experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual people within their Latinx families after disclosure; and (c) aspects of Latinx culture that influenced the experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual individuals and their families. Thematic analysis revealed five major themes: (1) decision-making process (presence of religiosity, fear of being excluded from the collective and violence, perceived negative attitudes toward bisexuality, selective disclosure, and disclosure of authenticity), (2) family reactions to sexual identity disclosure (acceptance, rejection, and invalidation, disregard, and erasure of bi+/plurisexuality), (3) cultural factors that influenced family reactions to disclosure of sexual identity (religion and spirituality, familismo and respeto, strict views on gender norms), (4) impact of family reactions on the individual (validated and affirmed, relieved and confident, hurt and disappointed, and identity concealment), and (5) impact of family reactions on the individual’s relationship with the family (stronger bonds and distanced, disrupted, and strained). We provide recommendations for practitioners such as taking into consideration the importance of culture when working with Latinx bi+/plurisexual individuals and their family members.
{"title":"Latinx Bi+/Plurisexual Individuals’ Disclosure of Sexual Orientation to Family and the Role of Latinx Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Traditions","authors":"Roberto L. Abreu, M. Hernández, I. Ramos, Koree S Badio, Kirsten A. Gonzalez","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2022.2116516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2116516","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Family acceptance and support is crucial for LGBTQ individual’s well-being. For Latinx LGBTQ people specifically, Latinx cultural values, beliefs, and traditions (e.g., familismo, gender norms, respeto, religion and spirituality) play an important role in their relationship with their family members. To date, however, little is known about the unique experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual people within the context of their families. In a sample of 63 Latinx bi+/plurisexual people, we used a qualitative approach to explore: (a) factors leading to the disclosure of one’s bi+/plurisexual identity to family members, (b) experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual people within their Latinx families after disclosure; and (c) aspects of Latinx culture that influenced the experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual individuals and their families. Thematic analysis revealed five major themes: (1) decision-making process (presence of religiosity, fear of being excluded from the collective and violence, perceived negative attitudes toward bisexuality, selective disclosure, and disclosure of authenticity), (2) family reactions to sexual identity disclosure (acceptance, rejection, and invalidation, disregard, and erasure of bi+/plurisexuality), (3) cultural factors that influenced family reactions to disclosure of sexual identity (religion and spirituality, familismo and respeto, strict views on gender norms), (4) impact of family reactions on the individual (validated and affirmed, relieved and confident, hurt and disappointed, and identity concealment), and (5) impact of family reactions on the individual’s relationship with the family (stronger bonds and distanced, disrupted, and strained). We provide recommendations for practitioners such as taking into consideration the importance of culture when working with Latinx bi+/plurisexual individuals and their family members.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"1 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48090293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-09DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2119629
Daniele Rucco, A. Anzani, C. Scandurra, Andrea Pennasilico, A. Prunas
Abstract Bisexual + people experience severe forms of structural stigma that are associated to negative mental health outcomes. In order to eradicate hate crimes against LGBTQIAPK + people, on the 4th of November 2020, the Italian deputy Alessandro Zan proposed a Bill entitled “Measures to prevent and combat discrimination and violence on grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability” (also known as “Zan Bill”). On October 27, 2021, the Italian Senate silenced the Bill. This study aimed to explore whether a worsening in mental health before and after the Zan Bill’s rejection occurred among bisexual + people. Data from 299 Italian bisexual + people after the Zan Bill’s rejection were compared with data on the same measures from 381 Italian bisexual + people before the Zan Bill’s rejection. We observed a worsening in the levels of discrimination, anticipated and internalized binegativity, resilience, anxiety, and depression after the rejection of the Zan Bill. Outness remained unchanged in the two groups. Results suggested that the rejection of the Zan Bill has had a strong effect on the well-being of Italian bisexual + people.
{"title":"Structural Stigma and Bisexual + People: Effects of the Rejection of the Zan Bill in Italy on Minority Stress and Mental Health","authors":"Daniele Rucco, A. Anzani, C. Scandurra, Andrea Pennasilico, A. Prunas","doi":"10.1080/15299716.2022.2119629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2119629","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Bisexual + people experience severe forms of structural stigma that are associated to negative mental health outcomes. In order to eradicate hate crimes against LGBTQIAPK + people, on the 4th of November 2020, the Italian deputy Alessandro Zan proposed a Bill entitled “Measures to prevent and combat discrimination and violence on grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability” (also known as “Zan Bill”). On October 27, 2021, the Italian Senate silenced the Bill. This study aimed to explore whether a worsening in mental health before and after the Zan Bill’s rejection occurred among bisexual + people. Data from 299 Italian bisexual + people after the Zan Bill’s rejection were compared with data on the same measures from 381 Italian bisexual + people before the Zan Bill’s rejection. We observed a worsening in the levels of discrimination, anticipated and internalized binegativity, resilience, anxiety, and depression after the rejection of the Zan Bill. Outness remained unchanged in the two groups. Results suggested that the rejection of the Zan Bill has had a strong effect on the well-being of Italian bisexual + people.","PeriodicalId":46888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bisexuality","volume":"23 1","pages":"27 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47054186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-07DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2116514
S. Smout, E. Benotsch
Abstract Research suggests that experiences of anti-bisexual discrimination, otherwise known as biphobia, contributes to increased risk for mental health and substance use problems for bisexual individuals. The current study assessed whether experiences of biphobia predicted reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as substance use. Data from 226 bisexual participants (ages 21–35) were collected online from March 2019 until August 2019. Results from two linear regressions indicated that experiences of biphobia significantly correlated with scores on depression and anxiety measures. Five binary logistic regressions were performed to assess whether experiences of biphobia predicted past 3 month alcohol use, nicotine use, cannabis use, and non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) after controlling for demographic variables. Biphobia significantly predicted the use of alcohol, nicotine, and non-medical use of all four classes of prescription drugs. Findings suggest that for young, bisexual adults, experiences of biphobia may substantially influence their mental and physical well-being.
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