Sexual and gender minority (SGM)-identifying adolescents are particularly vulnerable to negative psychological outcomes, including engagement in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). However, little is known about why these relationships exist. We used experimental methods to test the psychological mediation framework in an online sample of 328 adolescents who reported female sex at birth and a range of sexual and gender identities. Participants reported on depressive symptoms, self-criticism (both self-report and implicit), NSSI, and discrimination. They also completed a discrimination-based mood induction to test emotional reactivity. At baseline, SGM participants reported higher levels of implicit and self-reported self-criticism, depressive symptoms, discrimination, and higher rates of NSSI compared with cisgender, heterosexual participants (ps < .03). Following the discrimination induction, SGM-identifying participants exhibited larger emotional reactivity compared with cisgender heterosexual participants, as measured by change in negative mood, F(1, 326) = 7.33, p = .01, ηp2 = .02, and state self-criticism, F(1, 326) = 4.67, p = .03, ηp2 = .014, but not implicit affect toward the self. This effect was associated with baseline depressive symptoms, self-criticism, NSSI history, and discrimination. Post hoc analyses revealed that participants who tended to reframe experiences of discrimination as opportunities for growth exhibited attenuated emotional reactivity to the induction; findings remained significant after adjusting for SGM status and event severity (ps < .001). Results indicate that adolescents identifying as SGM may experience elevated psychological distress compared with their cisgender heterosexual peers and that stigma-related stressors may increase emotion dysregulation and maladaptive cognitive styles, paralleling previously proposed psychological mediation models. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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在性别和性别多样化的青少年中，由于歧视而引起的情绪变化。

能够识别性别和少数族裔（SGM）的青少年特别容易遭受负面的心理后果，包括参与非自杀性自残（NSSI）。但是，对于为什么存在这些关系知之甚少。我们使用实验方法测试了328名青少年的在线样本中的心理调解框架，这些青少年报告了出生时的女性性别以及一系列性和性别认同。参与者报告了抑郁症状，自我批评（自我报告和内隐），NSSI和歧视。他们还完成了基于歧视的情绪诱导来测试情绪反应。基线时，与顺性别，异性恋参与者相比，SGM参与者报告的隐性和自我报告自我批评，抑郁症状，歧视和NSSI发生率更高（ps < .03）。歧视后，通过消极情绪的变化（F（1，326）= 7.33，p = .01，ηp2= .02，状态自批评，F（1，326）= 4.67，p = .03，ηp2= .014，但不是对自我的内在影响。这种影响与基线抑郁症状，自我批评，NSSI病史和歧视有关。事后分析显示，随着成长机会的发展，倾向于重塑歧视经历的参与者表现出对诱导的情感反应减弱。调整SGM状态和事件严重性后，发现仍然很重要（ps <.001）。结果表明，与顺式异性恋同龄人相比，被认定为SGM的青少年可能会承受更高的心理困扰，与柱头相关的压力源可能会增加情绪失调和适应不良的认知风格，与先前提出的心理中介模型相类似。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。