Participants were asked questions about their parents' general parenting style and how that affected how their thoughts and feelings in the last two weeks.
In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York.In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York.Young people who identify as LGBTQ+ were less likely to report symptoms of depression when they had general support from their parents, according to a
Previous research has examined parental support directly tied to a person's LGBTQ+ identity, but the study, which was published by the University of Texas at Austin researchers in thejournal, asked LGBTQ+ youth to answer how often their parents did things like say how proud they were of them or assisted them with activities.
Participants were also asked if their parents exhibited any psychologically controlling behavior, such as asserting their beliefs as the correct ones, whether their caregivers were aware of their LGBTQ+ identity and what kind of thoughts and feelings they had been having in the last two weeks.
In a sample of 536 LGBTQ+ youth, ages 15 to 21, there were 252 men, 258 women and 26 people who identified differently from man or woman. A little over 35% of the participants identified as bisexual, 34% as gay, 20% as lesbian, 6.7% as questioning and 2.4% as both straight and transgender.
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