Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums on the Suicidal Ideation Rate among Nonheterosexual People in Taiwan

doi:10.3390/ijerph16183456

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標題:	Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums on the Suicidal Ideation Rate among Nonheterosexual People in Taiwan
作者:	Lin, I-Hsuan Ko, Nai-Ying Huang, Yu-Te Chen, Mu-Hong Wei-Hsin Lu(盧偉信) Yen, Cheng-Fang
貢獻者:	Yuans Gen Hosp, Dept Psychiat Natl Cheng Kung Univ & Hosp, Coll Med, Dept Nursing Natl Cheng Kung Univ Hosp, Ctr Infect Control Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social Work & Social Adm Taipei Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Psychiat Natl Yang Ming Univ, Sch Med, Div Psychiat Ditmanson Med Fdn, Dept Psychiat, Chia Yi Christian Hosp Chia Nan Univ Pharm & Sci, Dept Senior Citizen Serv Management Kaohsiung Med Univ, Coll Med, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat Kaohsiung Med Univ Hosp, Dept Psychiat
關鍵字:	age gender same-sex marriage sexual orientation suicidality
日期:	2019-09
上傳時間:	2020-07-29 13:47:27 (UTC+8)
出版者:	MDPI
摘要:	Taiwan held voter-initiated referendums to determine same-sex marriage legalization on 24 November 2018. This study aims to compare suicidal ideation rates in heterosexual and nonheterosexual participants of a first-wave survey (Wave 1, 23 months before the same-sex marriage referendums) and a second-wave survey (Wave 2, one week after the same-sex marriage referendums) in Taiwan and to examine the influence of gender, age, and sexual orientation on the change in suicidal ideation rates in nonheterosexual participants. In total, 3286 participants in Wave 1 and 1370 participants in Wave 2 were recruited through a Facebook advertisement. Each participant completed an online questionnaire assessing suicidal ideation. The proportions of heterosexual and nonheterosexual participants with suicidal ideation were compared between the Wave 1 and Wave 2 surveys. Suicidal ideation rates between participants in the Wave 1 and Wave 2 surveys were further compared by stratifying nonheterosexual participants according to gender, age, and sexual orientation. Nonheterosexual participants in the Wave 2 survey had a higher suicidal ideation rate than those in the Wave 1 survey, whereas no difference was observed in suicidal ideation rates between heterosexual participants in Wave 2 and Wave 1. Nonheterosexual participants who were female, younger, gay, lesbian, and bisexual in Wave 2 had a higher suicidal ideation rate than those in Wave 1. The suicidal ideation rate significantly increased in nonheterosexual participants experiencing the same-sex marriage referendums in Taiwan. Whether civil rights of sexual minority individuals can be determined through referendums should be evaluated.
關聯:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v.16, n.18, 3456
Appears in Collections:	[高齡福祉養生管理系] 期刊論文

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