TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kranz, Dirk
A1  - Arontschik, Nadeshda
A1  - Osin, Evgeny N.
T1  - Community Involvement and Mental Health in Russian LGBT People
T2  - European Journal of Psychology Open
N2  - Introduction: This study examined the sources and factors of resilience in Russian sexual and gender minorities. We hypothesized that, through their involvement in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community (source of resilience), LGBT people establish friendships that provide them with social support (factor of resilience), which in turn should contribute to their mental health. 
Method: The study sample consisted of 1,127 young and middle-aged LGBT adults (18 to 50 years) from Russia. We collected the data online and anonymously. Results: Partial mediation could be confirmed. LGBT people who were involved in “their” community reported more social support from friends, which partially mediated the positive association between community involvement and mental health. The mediation remained significant when we controlled for demographics and outness as potential covariates. Additional analyses showed that the present sample reported lower mental health but not less social support than Russian nonminority samples recruited in previous research. 
Conclusion: Our study underlines the importance of the LGBT community in times of increasing stigmatization of sexual and gender minorities.
KW  - LGBT
KW  - community involvement
KW  - social support
KW  - mental health
KW  - Russia
Y1  - 2024
UR  - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2465
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-24656
VL  - 2024
IS  - 83 / 1
PB  - Hogrefe Verlag
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -