Understanding Minority Stress and its Effect on Health in Sexual and Gender Minorities
Additional information
Type of assignment: BSc. thesis
Internal/external: Internal
How many students? 4
Supervision: Individually / in (sub)groups
Includes data collection? Yes
Type of research: Survey
Number of ECTS? 15 ECTS
Research assignment
Up to 10% of young people between 16 and 27 identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTQ+), or other sexual and gender minorities (SGM). A significant number of SGM people experience poor mental and physical health. At the same time, waiting lists for professional psychological care take on average 10 weeks (Factsheet wachttijdinformatie ggz, 2022), while waiting lists for transgender care specially can take up to 3 years (zorgkaartnederland, 2023).
The PROUT project aims to design and implement digital interventions that promote psychological resilience and foster well-being among young LGBTQI+ individuals aged 16-27. To design these interventions, we need to know more about the determinants of mental and physical health for this specific group.
In this thesis, you will use Minority Stress Theory to design and disseminate a survey regarding the current state of physical and mental health and its predictors (barriers and motivators) of SGM youth. There is opportunity to mold and build the research question further based on the students personal or academic interests (e.g., focusing on specific outcomes or subpopulations).