Medidas de salud mental y bienestar subjetivo en una muestra de hombres gays y mujeres lesbianas en Chile
Health and wellbeing of sexual minorities
Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Publication year: 2017
Background:
Most of the information in Chile about health and wellbeing of sexual minorities refers to risk behaviors.Aim:
To assess health and wellbeing in a sample of Chilean homosexual men and women.Material and Methods:
Spanish versions of the Satisfaction With Life Scale and Outcome Questionnaire-45 (OQ-45) were answered by 191 homosexual women and 256 homosexual men aged 18 to 67 years, from four Chilean cities.Results:
Lesbian women have better levels of satisfaction with life and adjustment in personal relationships than homosexual men. Eight percent of respondents had suicidal thoughts in some moment of their life.Conclusions:
The information gathered in this work could help in the development of mental health policies for sexual minorities.
Salud Mental/estadística & datos numéricos, Satisfacción Personal, Calidad de Vida/psicología, Minorías Sexuales y de Género/psicología, Chile, Homosexualidad Femenina/psicología, Homosexualidad Femenina/estadística & datos numéricos, Homosexualidad Masculina/psicología, Homosexualidad Masculina/estadística & datos numéricos, Minorías Sexuales y de Género/estadística & datos numéricos, Ideación Suicida, Encuestas y Cuestionarios