LGBTQ+ Resilience
2012 - Present
We have found that accepting and supportive others (parents, siblings, friends, co-workers, teachers, healthcare providers) are critical to the health and well-being of individuals from historically excluded groups. Much of this work focuses on LGBTQ+ individuals, finding that accepting others are helpful for coming out, self-acceptance, and mental and physical health. Below is a list of our publications on this topic:
Luxon, A. & Legate, N., & Weinstein, N. (2021). Fluctuations in goal pursuits and health in a lesbian, gay, and bisexual sample across a two-week diary study. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000462
Du Bois, S. N., Guy, A., Legate, N., Kendall, A. D. (2020). Using population level data to examine partnership-health associations among transgender individuals. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000387
Al-khouja, M., Weinstein, N., & Legate, N. (2020). Long-term mental health correlates of autonomy-supportive relationships in a lesbian, gay, and bisexual sample. Psychology & Sexuality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1687580
Legate, N., Weinstein, N., Ryan, W. S., DeHaan, C. R., Ryan, R. M. (2018). Parental autonomy support predicts lower internalized homophobia and better psychological health indirectly through lower shame in lesbian, gay and bisexual adults. Stigma & Health. Advanced online publication http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000150
Du Bois, S. N., Guy, A. Legate, N. (2018). Testing the partnership-health association among African American men who have sex with men. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, 4, 33-51.
Ryan, W. S., Legate, N., & Weinstein, N., Rahman, Q. (2017). Autonomy support fosters lesbian, gay and bisexual identity disclosure and wellness, especially for those with internalized homophobia. Journal of Social Issues, 73, 289-306.
Legate, N., Ryan, R. M. & Rogge, R. D. (2017). Daily autonomy support and sexual identity disclosure predicts daily mental and physical health outcomes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 860–873.
Ryan, W., Legate, N., & Weinstein, N. (2015). Coming out as lesbian, gay, or bisexual: The lasting impact of initial disclosure experiences. Self & Identity, 14, 549-569.
Legate, N., Ryan, R. M., & Weinstein, N. (2012). Is coming out always a “good thing”? Exploring the relations of autonomy support, outness and wellness for lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 145-152.