Few studies have examined how changes in sexual identity impact trajectories of depressive symptoms and emotion regulation difficulties. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining these associations over a three-year period in a community sample of adolescents (N = 177; M_age = 12.56; SD = 0.60; n_male = 95). Multilevel modeling revealed that youth who consistently held sexual minority identities from early to middle adolescence—but not youth with inconsistent sexual identity—demonstrated increases in depressive symptoms and emotion regulation difficulties relative to their heterosexual peers. Findings suggest that treatments that bolster emotion regulation abilities and address depressive symptoms may be of particular benefit to youth with consistent sexual minority identities from early to middle adolescence.

很少有研究检查性身份的变化如何影响抑郁症状和情绪调节困难的轨迹。目前的研究通过在青少年社区样本（N  = 177；M_年龄 = 12.56；SD = 0.60；n_男性 = 95)。多层次模型显示，与异性恋同龄人相比，从青春期早期到中期始终持有性少数认同的青年——但不是性别认同不一致的青年——表现出抑郁症状和情绪调节困难的增加。研究结果表明，增强情绪调节能力和解决抑郁症状的治疗可能对从青春期早期到中期具有一致的性少数群体身份的年轻人特别有益。