ABSTRACT

Across the world, people have seen their lives interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an online survey, we explored how the psychosocial effects of the pandemic affected the mental health of LGBTQ+ young adults who were confined with their parents during the lockdown period (N = 1,934), from six countries: Portugal, UK, Italy, Brazil, Chile, and Sweden. South American participants experienced more negative psychosocial effects of the pandemic. Depression and anxiety were higher among participants who were younger, not working, living in Europe and who reported feeling more emotionally affected by the pandemic, uncomfortable at home, or isolated from non-LGBTQ friends. Not attending higher education predicted depression while not being totally confined at home, residing habitually with parents, and fearing more future infection predicted anxiety. LGBTQ+ community groups, as well as health and educational services should remain particularly attentive to the needs of LGBTQ+ young adults during health crises.

摘要

在世界各地，人们已经看到自己的生活因COVID-19大流行而中断。通过在线调查，我们探讨了大流行的心理社会影响如何影响在禁闭期内受限于父母的LGBTQ +年轻人的心理健康（N= 1,934），来自六个国家：葡萄牙，英国，意大利，巴西，智利和瑞典。南美参与者体验到了大流行带来的更多负面社会心理影响。年龄较小，未工作，居住在欧洲，报告称受到大流行，在家中感到不适或与非LGBTQ朋友隔离的情绪影响更大的参与者中，抑郁和焦虑较高。不上高等学校的人会感到沮丧，而不会完全局限于家里，与父母习惯性地生活在一起，并且担心将来会受到更多感染，因此会感到焦虑。LGBTQ +社区团体以及健康和教育服务应特别关注健康危机期间LGBTQ +年轻人的需求。