Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review

Lucassen, Mathijs F. G.; Núñez-García, Alicia; Rimes, Katharine A.; Wallace, Louise M.; Brown, Katherine E.; Samra, Rajvinder

doi:10.3390/ijerph19148738

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Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review

by

Mathijs F. G. Lucassen

^1,*,

Alicia Núñez-García

¹,

Katharine A. Rimes

²

,

Louise M. Wallace

¹,

Katherine E. Brown

³

and

Rajvinder Samra

¹

Department of Health and Social Care, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK

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Department of Psychology, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK

³

Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(14), 8738; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148738

Submission received: 10 June 2022 / Revised: 8 July 2022 / Accepted: 12 July 2022 / Published: 18 July 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Public Health for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations)

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Robust population-based research has established that sexual and gender minority youths (SGMYs) are at an increased risk of mental ill-health, but there is a dearth of literature that seeks to explore how to best support SGMY mental wellbeing. This scoping review aims to identify findings related to coping strategies and/or interventions for building resilience and/or enhancing the mental wellbeing of SGMYs. PRISMA extension for scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines was utilized for this review. Studies were included if they were peer-reviewed papers containing primary data; reported psycho-social coping strategies for SGMY; were conducted with SGMYs in the adolescent age range; and were published in English. MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO databases were searched. Of the 3692 papers initially identified, 68 papers were included with 24 intervention-focused studies of 17 unique interventions found. The most commonly cited therapeutic modality was cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (n = 11 studies). Despite the need to support the mental wellbeing of SGMYs, few interventions focused on this area and unique populations have been reported upon in the peer-reviewed literature. As a result, there is considerable potential to develop supports for SGMYs.

Keywords: LGBT; e-therapy; depression; adolescent; youth; online; sexuality; gender; resilience; scoping review

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Lucassen, M.F.G.; Núñez-García, A.; Rimes, K.A.; Wallace, L.M.; Brown, K.E.; Samra, R. Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 8738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148738

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Lucassen MFG, Núñez-García A, Rimes KA, Wallace LM, Brown KE, Samra R. Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(14):8738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148738

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Lucassen, Mathijs F. G., Alicia Núñez-García, Katharine A. Rimes, Louise M. Wallace, Katherine E. Brown, and Rajvinder Samra. 2022. "Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 14: 8738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148738

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Lucassen, M. F. G., Núñez-García, A., Rimes, K. A., Wallace, L. M., Brown, K. E., & Samra, R. (2022). Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148738

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