TY - JOUR
T1 - Health, wellness, and workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual social workers
AU - Senreich, Evan
AU - Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg
AU - Cooper, Catherine E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The funding for this study was provided to Dr. Straussner by the Office for Research at the New York University Silver School of Social Work. The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. Jeffrey Steen for his formidable contribution to the original survey design and data collection process.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - Using data from an online survey of 6,112 licensed social workers in 13 U.S. states, rates of reported behavioral health problems and service utilization, physical health problems, adverse childhood experiences, workplace stress, and compassion satisfaction were compared between heterosexual male, heterosexual female, gay/bisexual male, and lesbian/bisexual female respondents. Sexual minority workers reported far higher rates of mental health problems and service utilization, higher rates of physical problems, more frequent reporting of adverse childhood experiences, with no differences found between groups regarding workplace stress and compassion satisfaction. Minority stress theory and historical trauma are used as frameworks to conceptualize the findings.
AB - Using data from an online survey of 6,112 licensed social workers in 13 U.S. states, rates of reported behavioral health problems and service utilization, physical health problems, adverse childhood experiences, workplace stress, and compassion satisfaction were compared between heterosexual male, heterosexual female, gay/bisexual male, and lesbian/bisexual female respondents. Sexual minority workers reported far higher rates of mental health problems and service utilization, higher rates of physical problems, more frequent reporting of adverse childhood experiences, with no differences found between groups regarding workplace stress and compassion satisfaction. Minority stress theory and historical trauma are used as frameworks to conceptualize the findings.
KW - adverse childhood experiences
KW - bisexual
KW - gay
KW - lesbian
KW - mental health
KW - physical health
KW - social workers
KW - substance misuse
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U2 - 10.1080/10538720.2020.1722303
DO - 10.1080/10538720.2020.1722303
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079208958
SN - 1053-8720
VL - 32
SP - 209
EP - 239
JO - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
JF - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
IS - 2
ER -