TY - JOUR
T1 - Minority Stress and HERoic Coping Among Ethnoracial Sexual Minority Girls
T2 - Intersections of Resilience
AU - Craig, Shelley L.
AU - Austin, Ashley
AU - Alessi, Edward J.
AU - McInroy, Lauren
AU - Keane, Gina
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors graciously thank the Lesbian Health Fund for funding this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - This study used a focus group methodology to explore the experiences of stress and coping among 40 Hispanic, Caribbean Black, Haitian, and African American cisgender sexual minority girls living in the southeastern United States. An analysis of the data using grounded theory strategies revealed that participants were part of a cultural context in which few boundaries existed between family, religion, and culture, and that they tended to believe that they were betraying family and culture because of their sexual minority identities. Participants described (a) real or perceived transgressions of gender expectations and roles, (b) violating religious doctrine, and (c) emotional exclusion and taunting by family members. In the same context, the theme of HERoic Coping described participants’ resilience that manifested as (a) serving as the family educator, (b) being “out” in the open with family, and (c) creating safety. This study found that the negotiation of complex family, religious, and community environments is critical to understanding resilience in ethnoracial sexual minority girls.
AB - This study used a focus group methodology to explore the experiences of stress and coping among 40 Hispanic, Caribbean Black, Haitian, and African American cisgender sexual minority girls living in the southeastern United States. An analysis of the data using grounded theory strategies revealed that participants were part of a cultural context in which few boundaries existed between family, religion, and culture, and that they tended to believe that they were betraying family and culture because of their sexual minority identities. Participants described (a) real or perceived transgressions of gender expectations and roles, (b) violating religious doctrine, and (c) emotional exclusion and taunting by family members. In the same context, the theme of HERoic Coping described participants’ resilience that manifested as (a) serving as the family educator, (b) being “out” in the open with family, and (c) creating safety. This study found that the negotiation of complex family, religious, and community environments is critical to understanding resilience in ethnoracial sexual minority girls.
KW - coping
KW - ethnoracial youth
KW - minority stress
KW - resilience
KW - sexual minority girls
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U2 - 10.1177/0743558416653217
DO - 10.1177/0743558416653217
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027714435
VL - 32
SP - 614
EP - 641
JO - Journal of Adolescent Research
JF - Journal of Adolescent Research
SN - 0743-5584
IS - 5
ER -