Abstract
Sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB) are at disproportionately high risk for intimate partner violence victimization (IPVV), yet remain understudied. Using two time points of data collected from 367 SGM-AFAB young people (aged 16–31 years), we tested whether common, general population risk factors (childhood violence, depression, alcohol and cannabis use, and low social support) and unique stigma-related factors (enacted stigma, microaggressions, and internalized stigma) prospectively predicted psychological, physical, sexual, and identity abuse IPVV in the following 6 months. Results indicated that some traditional risk factors, including child abuse, depression, cannabis use, and low social support, raise IPVV risk among SGM-AFAB youth. Microaggressions and internalized stigma represent additional, unique IPVV risk factors in this population. SGM-affirmative efforts to prevent IPVV should address these common and SGM-specific risk factors.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 277-294 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Violence and Victims |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Funding
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grant no. R01HD086170), awarded to Sarah W. Whitton (PI). The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health or the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Keywords
- intimate partner violence
- LGBT
- longitudinal
- minority stress
- sexual and gender minorities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Health(social science)
- Law
