Coping styles in heterosexual and non-heterosexual students in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study

• Autores: Rusi Jaspal, Moubadda Assi, Ismaël Maatouk
• Localización: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social, ISSN-e 1579-3680, ISSN 0213-4748, Vol. 37, Nº 1, 2022, págs. 33-66
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2021.1993117
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Estilo de afrontamiento en estudiantes heterosexuales y no heterosexuales en Líbano: un estudio transversal
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  • español

    La población libanesa ha estado expuesta a múltiples factores estresantes asociados a la inestabilidad política y económica durante décadas. Con los datos de un estudio realizado con 203 estudiantes universitarios en Beirut, este estudio se centra en los factores que predicen el estilo de afrontamiento en hombres y mujeres, y en personas heterosexuales y no heterosexuales en Líbano. Las personas heterosexuales manifestaron tener más religiosidad e identificación étnica, pero menos trastornos psicológicos que las personas no heterosexuales. Las mujeres manifestaron mayor religiosidad pero menor resiliencia de la identidad y compromiso que los hombres en el estilo de afrontamiento reconsiderar/planificar. La religiosidad se asoció positivamente con la resiliencia de la identidad y la identificación étnica, pero negativamente con el estilo de afrontamiento compromiso social. La identificación étnica y la resiliencia de la identidad se asociaron positivamente con los estilos de afrontamiento compromiso social y reconsiderar/planificar. La resiliencia de la identidad y la religiosidad se asociaron negativamente con los trastornos psicológicos. Los estilos de afrontamiento compromiso social y reconsiderar/planificar se correlacionaron positivamente. Los resultados sugieren que es menos probable que las personas no heterosexuales adopten estilos de afrontamiento adaptativo debido a su menor religiosidad e identificación étnica, y que hombres y mujeres recurren a distintas vías para aplicar las estrategias de afrontamiento adaptativo (a través de la resiliencia de la identidad y la religiosidad, respectivamente).

  • English

    The Lebanese population has been exposed to multiple stressors associated with political and economic instability for decades. Using survey data from 203 university students in Beirut, this study focuses on the factors that predict coping styles in men and women and heterosexual and non-heterosexual people in Lebanon. Heterosexual people reported higher religiosity and ethnic identification but lower psychological distress than non-heterosexual people. Women reported higher religiosity but lower identity resilience and engagement in the re-thinking/planning coping style than men. Religiosity was positively associated with identity resilience and ethnic identification but negatively associated with the social engagement coping style. Ethnic identification and identity resilience were positively associated with the social engagement and re-thinking/planning coping styles. Identity resilience and religiosity were negatively associated with psychological distress. The social engagement and re-thinking/planning coping styles were positively correlated. Results suggest that non-heterosexual people may be less likely to adopt adaptive coping styles because of their decreased religiosity and ethnic identification and that men and women have distinct pathways to adaptive coping strategies (through identity resilience and religiosity, respectively).

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