Connection in the Lives of LGBTQ+ South Asians: A Phenomenological Study

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dc.contributor.advisorWorthington, Roger Len_US
dc.contributor.authorPasha, Amber Maryamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-06T05:39:49Z
dc.date.available2023-10-06T05:39:49Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.description.abstractConnection has been found to be an important factor for LGBTQ+ wellbeing as it pertains to the relationships between stigma, discrimination, and psychological distress, and LGBTQ+ people of color in particular are known to face intersectional minority stress at high levels. This study examined the role of connection specifically for LGBTQ+ South Asians, a population which is highly underrepresented within both LGBTQ+ and South Asian literatures. Fifteen LGBTQ+ second-generation South Asian adults, aged 19-35, were interviewed about their insights regarding connection and disconnection within their own lived experience. Interview transcripts were analyzed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis and revealed common experiential themes across the group of interviewees, which reflected three distinct forms of connection participants deemed as distinctly meaningful: i) interpersonal connections and context ii) intrapersonal connection, and iii) indirect connection. Subthemes reflected unique challenges, joys, struggles, and examples of LGBTQ+ South Asian resilience in each of these life areas. Implications of these findings are discussed for counseling professionals, higher education professionals, community organizations, and others seeking to better understand and support the wellbeing of this population.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/kmgn-jesg
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/30752
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCounseling psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLGBTQ studiesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAsian American studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledconnectionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledintersectionalityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLGBTQ+en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledminority stressen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsense of belongingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSouth Asianen_US
dc.titleConnection in the Lives of LGBTQ+ South Asians: A Phenomenological Studyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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