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Mental health literacy in India and Australia and its relationship to attitudes towards LGBT people.
- Source :
- Psychology & Sexuality; Mar2023, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-16, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LITERACY
SEXUAL orientation
HEALTH policy
HEALTH services accessibility
PSYCHOLOGY of LGBTQ+ people
MENTAL health
SOCIAL stigma
ATTITUDES toward sex
HEALTH literacy
SURVEYS
COMPARATIVE studies
GENDER identity
RESEARCH funding
MINORITY stress
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19419899
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychology & Sexuality
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161687786
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2049630