Stigma Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Parents and Offspring Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nearly 40% of sexual and gender minority individuals become parents. Research has highlighted the intergenerational outcomes of parental psychopathology associated with child psychiatric symptoms, yet how stigma and parental mental health influence child outcomes in sexual and gender minority families remains unclear.

Objective

To examine associations between parental stigma experiences and psychiatric symptoms and children's mental health and emotional and behavioral well-being.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study recruited a community-based sample of sexual and gender minority parents (aged ≥18 years) between October 12 and December 1, 2023. Parents reported stigma experiences, internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, and their chi

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11986766 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature