Identity, victimization, and support: Facebook experiences and mental health among LGBTQ youth

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Highlights：

• LGBTQ youth may use more online identity management strategies than youth overall.

• LGBTQ youth are slightly less out on Facebook than in their lives in general.

• LGBTQ youth are more uniformly out across relational subgroups on Facebook.

• Cyberbullying is associated with distress over and above victimization.

• Offering support on Facebook is associated with distress; seeking support is not.

摘要

•LGBTQ youth may use more online identity management strategies than youth overall.•LGBTQ youth are slightly less out on Facebook than in their lives in general.•LGBTQ youth are more uniformly out across relational subgroups on Facebook.•Cyberbullying is associated with distress over and above victimization.•Offering support on Facebook is associated with distress; seeking support is not.

论文关键词：LGBTQ youth,Facebook,Outness,Context collapse,Cyberbullying,Mental health

论文评审过程：Received 22 December 2016, Revised 18 July 2017, Accepted 19 July 2017, Available online 24 July 2017, Version of Record 14 August 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.026