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Internalized homophobia as a partial mediator between homophobic bullying and self-esteem among youths of sexual minorities in Quebec (Canada)

Overview of attention for article published in Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, March 2014
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Title
Internalized homophobia as a partial mediator between homophobic bullying and self-esteem among youths of sexual minorities in Quebec (Canada)
Published in
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, March 2014
DOI 10.1590/1413-81232014193.16082013
Pubmed ID
24714888
Authors

Martin Blais, Jesse Gervais, Martine Hébert

Abstract

Verbal/psychological homophobic bullying is widespread among youths of sexual minorities. Homophobic bullying has been associated with both high internalized homophobia and low self-esteem. The objectives were to document verbal/psychological homophobic bullying among youths of sexual minorities and model the relationships between homophobic bullying, internalized homophobia and self-esteem. A community sample of 300 youths of sexual minorities aged 14 to 22 years old was used. A structural equation model was tested using a nonlinear, robust estimator implemented in Mplus. The model postulated that homophobic bullying impacts self-esteem both directly and indirectly, via internalized homophobia. 60.7% of the sample reported at least one form of verbal/psychological homophobic bullying. The model explained 29% of the variance of self-esteem, 19.6% of the variance of internalized homophobia and 5.3% of the verbal/psychological homophobic bullying. The model suggests that the relationship between verbal/psychological homophobic bullying and self-esteem is partially mediated by internalized homophobia. The results underscore the importance of initiatives to prevent homophobic bullying in order to prevent its negative effects on the well-being of youths of sexual minorities.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 66 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 3%
Lecturer 1 2%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 52 79%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 7 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 6%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 2%
Unknown 52 79%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 January 2023.
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#5,752,874
of 23,842,189 outputs
Outputs from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#291
of 1,907 outputs
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#52,164
of 224,209 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#5
of 29 outputs
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