Mental Health Among LGB Latter-day Saint Youth (PubMed 27633316)

Abstract

In a surprising finding, Latter-day Saint LGB youth showed lower depression than non-LGB Latter-day Saint counterparts in this sample — challenging the assumption that LDS religious context is uniformly harmful to LGB youth mental health. Open the external source for the full study.

Findings for Latter-day Saints

• LGB Latter-day Saint youth in this sample showed lower depression than non-LGB LDS peers.
• Result challenges the assumption that LDS religious context uniformly harms LGB youth mental health.
• Effect persists after demographic controls in the analyzed sample.

Limitations in methodology

Cross-sectional sample; self-reported sexual orientation and mental health; sample size and recruitment limit generalizability.

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Cite this study

Unknown (2016). Mental Health Among LGB Latter-day Saint Youth (PubMed 27633316). PubMed (NIH National Library of Medicine). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27633316/

Unknown. "Mental Health Among LGB Latter-day Saint Youth (PubMed 27633316)." PubMed (NIH National Library of Medicine), 2016. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27633316/.

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  title = {Mental Health Among LGB Latter-day Saint Youth (PubMed 27633316)},
  author = {Unknown},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {PubMed (NIH National Library of Medicine)},
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27633316/},
}