@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of self-esteem among homosexuals in the southern region of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil",
journal="Ciencia e Saude Coletiva",
year="2014",
author="Canali, Tiago José and Oliveira, Sylvia Marina Soares de and Reduit, Deivid Montero and Vinholes, Daniele Botelho and Feldens, Viviane Pessi",
volume="19",
number="11",
pages="4569-4576",
abstract="This study seeks to evaluate self-esteem in homosexuals from southern Santa Catarina and relate it to several variables such as gender, age, bullying and psychiatric treatment. Participants were selected using the &quot;Snowball&quot; technique. The Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used for self-esteem assessment with subsequent comparison with other variables. A total of 403 individuals were interviewed, including 310 males with a mean age of 24.02. Most of the population studied (80.9%) had high self-esteem, with a mean score of 5.55 on the Rosenberg scale. Individuals who had only studied up to primary school level, were unemployed, evangelicals, with a history of psychotherapeutic and psychiatric treatment, or who had been subjected to bullying in the last year and those who wished to change their sexual orientation, had significantly lower self-esteem than the others. 114 people had used psychotropic drugs, 47.58% of which were benzodiazepine-based, primarily Clonazepam (27.58%). Most of this population had high self-esteem. There was a difference between some categories of the variables studied, however, all averages corresponded to high self-esteem on the Rosenberg scale. Benzodiazepines were the psychotropic drugs most often used by the individuals in this study.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1413-8123",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}