@article{ref1,
title="Family belongingness attenuates entrapment and buffers its association with suicidal ideation in a sample of Dutch sexual minority emerging adults",
journal="Archives of sexual behavior",
year="2021",
author="Portzky, Gwendolyn and la Roi, Chaïm and Kretschmer, Tina and Dumon, Eva and van Bergen, Diana D. and Parra, Luis A. and Frost, David M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Sexual minority emerging adults are more likely to engage in suicidal ideation than their heterosexual counterparts. Experiences of homophobic violence are associated  with suicidal ideation. Yet, the specific mechanisms linking homophobic violence to  suicidal ideation remain unclear. Entrapment and social belongingness were tested to  determine their relevance for understanding the link between homophobic violence and  suicidal ideation. A sample of sexual minority Dutch emerging adults (N = 675; ages  18-29, M = 21.93 years, SD = 3.20) were recruited through online platforms and  flyers. Homophobic violence was expected to be positively associated with suicidal  ideation and entrapment. The association between homophobic violence and suicidal  ideation was expected to be indirectly linked through entrapment. We explored  whether various sources of social belongingness moderated the path between  entrapment and suicidal ideation and whether those sources of social belongingness  moderated the indirect effect of homophobic violence on suicidal ideation through  entrapment. <br><br>RESULTS showed that homophobic violence and entrapment were positively  associated with suicidal ideation and that family belongingness was negatively  associated with suicidal ideation. Homophobic violence and suicidal ideation were  not indirectly linked through entrapment. The interaction effect between entrapment  and family belongingness was significant, suggesting that, on average, the effect of  entrapment on suicidal ideation decreased when family belongingness was high. These  results suggest that family belongingness may reduce the association between  entrapment and suicidal ideation while adjusting for homophonic violence. Reducing  entrapment and improving family belongingness may be useful targets for programs  aimed at preventing suicidal ideation among sexual minority emerging adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-0002",
doi="10.1007/s10508-020-01838-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01838-0"
}