Be YOU!: A collaborative effort to address minority stress for LGBTQ + youth in school settings

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dc.contributor.authorFish, Jessica N.
dc.contributor.authorKapostasy, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Stephen T.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-07T22:38:42Z
dc.date.available2023-03-07T22:38:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractLGBTQ youth often experience unsafe school climates and are at greater risk for compromised mental health relative to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. The psychological mediation model posits that these health inequities are produced by minority stress, which operates through several key mechanisms: rumination, emotion regulation, and coping. Efforts toward designing social services that might address these mechanisms, and thus improve LGBTQ youth well-being, are limited. Informed by empirical research and therapeutic practices, Be YOU! was conceived as a school-based empowerment program that provides LGBTQ youth with an accessible, safe space where they build skills to reduce rumination and promote emotion regulation and coping strategies for dealing with minority stressors. Developed collaboratively among a local LGBTQ youth center, a local school-based community organization, and university researchers, the Be YOU! partnership effectively circumvented barriers to accessing social services for LGBTQ youth. Findings from the pilot program evaluation showed that youth participation was associated with increased emotion regulation and decreased rumination. The practical impact on and positive feedback from LGBTQ youth suggest that there are measurable benefits and longterm promise in strategic multi-sector partnerships that address social services needs of LGBTQ youth and strengthen their ability to navigate minority stress.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/iafm-x2n2
dc.identifier.citationFish, J. N., Kapostasy, S., & Russell, S. T. (2022). Be YOU!: A collaborative effort to address minority stress for LGBTQ + youth in school settings. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2022.2148036en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29739
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Gay & Lesbian Social Servicesen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUMD Prevention Research Center
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSchool of Public Health
dc.subjectCommunity-based organizationen_US
dc.subjectLGBTQ youthen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectschool-based programsen_US
dc.titleBe YOU!: A collaborative effort to address minority stress for LGBTQ + youth in school settingsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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