TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 and LGBTQ Emerging Adults
T2 - Risk in the Face of Social Distancing
AU - Scroggs, Barrett
AU - Love, Heather A.
AU - Torgerson, Chelsey
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by the Pennsylvania State University Social Science Research Institute.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The coronavirus pandemic that began in December 2019 (COVID-19) quickly spread globally with an increased transmission in the United States beginning in March 2020. Social distancing guidelines were instituted across the country, limiting contact individuals could have with others. This compared the mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) emerging adults who completed the survey before (n = 1,190) many social distancing guidelines went into effect with those who completed the survey after (n = 705). Participants who participated in the survey after social distancing guidelines were initiated reported lower levels of hope for the future, higher levels of alcohol use, a lower sense of connection to and pride regarding the LGBTQ community, and a lower sense of minority stress. Results indicate a detrimental response to social distancing in the days immediately following the onset of such guidelines as confusion reigned and expectations changed day to day.
AB - The coronavirus pandemic that began in December 2019 (COVID-19) quickly spread globally with an increased transmission in the United States beginning in March 2020. Social distancing guidelines were instituted across the country, limiting contact individuals could have with others. This compared the mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) emerging adults who completed the survey before (n = 1,190) many social distancing guidelines went into effect with those who completed the survey after (n = 705). Participants who participated in the survey after social distancing guidelines were initiated reported lower levels of hope for the future, higher levels of alcohol use, a lower sense of connection to and pride regarding the LGBTQ community, and a lower sense of minority stress. Results indicate a detrimental response to social distancing in the days immediately following the onset of such guidelines as confusion reigned and expectations changed day to day.
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U2 - 10.1177/2167696820968699
DO - 10.1177/2167696820968699
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094671251
JO - Emerging Adulthood
JF - Emerging Adulthood
SN - 2167-6968
ER -