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Purpose <p>Sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) individuals report disproportionate rates of victimization. The present study examined intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, adverse mental health issues, and health-related help-seeking behaviors across sexual and gender identity.</p> Methods <p>This study utilized National College Health Assessment Fall 2019 panel data (n = 38,633). Approximately 14% (n = 5,338) of the sample reported IPV victimization during the past 12&#xa0;months. Logistic regression analyses were conducted.</p> Results <p>SGM college students and cisgender women students tended to report higher rates of IPV victimization, loneliness, psychological distress, suicidality, and self-injury compared to straight/heterosexual students and cisgender men. Despite disparities, SGM survivors and cisgender women survivors had higher health-related service utilization. Bisexual, pansexual, non-binary, and cisgender women IPV survivors were significantly more likely to report intent to seek future mental health care.</p> Conclusions <p>These findings highlight the need for continued research informed by minority stress theory, which posits that SGM populations may experience greater stresses due to stigma, discrimination, and “social stress.” Longitudinal research is needed to understand causal factors and confounders of IPV victimization and mental health disparities among SGM college students. Healthcare professionals may consider screening for suicidality and self-injury, especially among SGM IPV survivors. Understanding these disparities is crucial for tailored support and intervention strategies in university settings.</p>

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Mental Health Disparities and Health-Related Help-Seeking Among College Student Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Analysis of Sexual and Gender Identity

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年6月7日

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  • Lindsay B. Gezinski,
  • Kwynn Gonzalez-Pons,
  • alithia zamantakis

摘要

Purpose

Sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) individuals report disproportionate rates of victimization. The present study examined intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, adverse mental health issues, and health-related help-seeking behaviors across sexual and gender identity.

Methods

This study utilized National College Health Assessment Fall 2019 panel data (n = 38,633). Approximately 14% (n = 5,338) of the sample reported IPV victimization during the past 12 months. Logistic regression analyses were conducted.

Results

SGM college students and cisgender women students tended to report higher rates of IPV victimization, loneliness, psychological distress, suicidality, and self-injury compared to straight/heterosexual students and cisgender men. Despite disparities, SGM survivors and cisgender women survivors had higher health-related service utilization. Bisexual, pansexual, non-binary, and cisgender women IPV survivors were significantly more likely to report intent to seek future mental health care.

Conclusions

These findings highlight the need for continued research informed by minority stress theory, which posits that SGM populations may experience greater stresses due to stigma, discrimination, and “social stress.” Longitudinal research is needed to understand causal factors and confounders of IPV victimization and mental health disparities among SGM college students. Healthcare professionals may consider screening for suicidality and self-injury, especially among SGM IPV survivors. Understanding these disparities is crucial for tailored support and intervention strategies in university settings.