Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adult Coping Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated several existing health disparities in the U.S. Sexual and gender minority (SGM) health disparities may also be widening during the pandemic, though few studies have assessed this question. This study examined SGM young adult disparities in health-related behaviors to cope with isolation during the pandemic.

Methods

Respondents from a prospective cohort of Southern California young adults (N = 2,298) reported whether they engaged in various strategies (e.g., substance use, diet, exercise, relaxation) to cope with isolation during the pandemic (each: yes/no). Differences in coping were assessed across five SGM subgroups: heterosexual men and women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer (LGBQ) men and women, transgender/nonbinar

SUBMITTER: Krueger EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456158 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature