@article{ref1,
title="Modeling perceived parental attitudes and mental well-being in Chinese young LGBTQ+ individuals: investigation of weekly diary data using dynamic network analysis",
journal="Applied psychology: health and well-being",
year="2024",
author="Wang, Yuanyuan and Ma, Zhihao and Wang, Yinzhe and Liu, Kunxu and Li, Jiaqi",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Existing literature has reported negative parental attitudes toward LGBTQ+ individuals associated with their LGBTQ+ identity concealment and mental well-being. However, limited research has explored the dynamic network changes using intensive, repeated weekly diary data. This study aimed to model the associations between perceived parental attitude, anxiety, depression, and LGBTQ+ individuals' identity concealment within dynamic network analysis (DNA); 103 LGBTQ+ youth participated in the study. Participants' perceived parental attitudes toward LGBTQ+ identity and LGBTQ+ identity concealment, depression (by the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire), and anxiety (by the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire) were measured. Each was assessed four times at 1-week intervals for four consecutive weeks. The graphical vector autoregression explored the DNA of the internal relationships among perceived parental attitudes, identity concealment, depression, and anxiety. <br><br>FINDINGS in the between-subjects network revealed that poor perceived parental attitudes toward sexual and gender minorities were positively associated with depression, anxiety, and identity concealment. The contemporaneous network showed that the &quot;expression&quot; (one's identity concealment) was the direct trigger of &quot;suicide&quot; (one's depressive symptom), indicating depression was initiated earlier and subsequently exacerbated a sequence of other psychiatric reactions. The temporal network indicated that only parents' &quot;general attitude&quot; reduced participants' concealment (&quot;self-disclosure&quot;), which simultaneously stimulated mental benefits.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1758-0846",
doi="10.1111/aphw.12531",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12531"
}