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Psychological Issues Among Spanish Adolescents and Young People when Coming out of the Closet to Their Families

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    Identificador:  imarina:9246547
    Autors:  Duenas, Jorge-Manuel; Morales-Vives, Fabia; Galea, Natalie
    Resum:
    Some social settings may make the process of "coming out" more difficult for gay males and lesbian females, and the decision to do so may be even more problematic for adolescents and young people. As a result, some may choose to hide their sexual orientation, leading to emotional suffering. This study aims to analyze the differences in perceived stress, life satisfaction, happiness, and psychological distress experienced by both coming out and closeted young people and teens. The sample included a total of 228 Spanish young people aged 16-23 years old (M = 19.69, SD = 1.81) who identified themselves as gay or lesbian (73.2% women). The results of this study show that people in the closet show greater psychological distress (anxiety and depressive symptomatology) and perceived stress. Although perceived stress is positively related to psychological distress in both groups, the correlation is higher in the closeted group. This suggests that perceived stress has more serious consequences on the mental health of the closeted group than of the "coming out" group. To sum up, the results show the importance of family support for gay and lesbian young people.
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    Enllaç font original: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00332941211069518?journalCode=prxa
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Duenas, Jorge-Manuel; Morales-Vives, Fabia; Galea, Natalie (2023). Psychological Issues Among Spanish Adolescents and Young People when Coming out of the Closet to Their Families. PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, 126(3), 1305-1321. DOI: 10.1177/00332941211069518
    Referència a l'article segons font original: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS. 126 (3): 1305-1321
    DOI de l'article: 10.1177/00332941211069518
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2023-06-01
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Data d'alta del registre: 2026-03-02
    Autor/s de la URV: Dueñas Rada, Jorge Manuel / Morales Vives, Fàbia
    Departament: Psicologia
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
    Autor segons l'article: Duenas, Jorge-Manuel; Morales-Vives, Fabia; Galea, Natalie
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Àrees temàtiques: Psychology, multidisciplinary, Psychology (miscellaneous), Psychology (all), Psychology, Psicología, Odontología, Medicina iii, Medicina ii, Medicina i, Interdisciplinar, General psychology, Educação física, Educação, Ciencias sociales, Ciências biológicas i, Ciência de alimentos
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: jorgemanuel.duenas@urv.cat, fabia.morales@urv.cat
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    Young people
    Young adult
    Wellbeing
    Visibility management
    Subjective happiness
    Stress
    psychological
    Sexual orientation
    Scale
    Perceived stress
    Male
    Lesbian
    Humans
    Health
    Happiness
    Gender
    Gay
    Female
    Family support
    Emotions
    Distress
    Depressive symptoms
    Coming out
    Anxiety disorders
    Anxiety
    Adult
    Adolescent
    Psychology
    Psychology (Miscellaneous)
    Multidisciplinary
    Psychology (all)
    Psicología
    Odontología
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Interdisciplinar
    General psychology
    Educação física
    Educação
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciência de alimentos
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