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DESCRIPTION:Program: Mental Health Session: Voices of Youth: Navigating Tr
 auma\, Stigma\, and Strength Authors: Erin Nicholson\, Trace Kershaw\, Sa
 lly Kirklewski See all authors and presenters → Abstract Background Adver
 se childhood experiences (ACEs) are frequently reported among gay and bis
 exual men\, and non-binary individuals (GBMN) and can be significantly as
 sociated with depressive symptoms. Additionally\, stress from mainstream 
 gay community norms can impact mental health. Methods Data was collected 
 from #MVMNT\, which was a longitudinal study (2017–2024) conducted to exa
 mine social and geographical context\, sexual risk\, and substance use am
 ong young GBMN individuals living outside of large urban centers (n=360).
  Latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted using the CDC-Kaiser ACE-10 sc
 ale in addition to variables on sex\, alcohol\, and drug use in youth (≤1
 7 years of age). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) evaluated the relationsh
 ip of class membership on the outcome of depression symptoms\, as measure
 d by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)\, whil
 e accounting for Gay Community Stress Scale (GCSS) score. Results Three y
 outh adversity classes emerged: class 1 (25.8%\, n=93) contained particip
 ants who faced high adversity and had high early engagement in sex\, drug
 s\, or alcohol\, class 2 (23.1%\, n=83) contained participants with moder
 ate adversity and lower early engagement\, and class 3 (51.1%\, n=184) co
 ntained participants with lower reported adversity and moderate early eng
 agement. ANCOVA showed a significant effect of class on CES-D score after
  controlling for the effect of GCSS score\, F(2\, 356)= 7.59\, p<0.001\, 
 partial η2=0.04. Post hoc comparisons using the Bonferroni adjustment rev
 ealed that the mean CES-D score for class 1 (mean= 22.28\, standard devia
 tion (SD)= 1.17) significantly differed from the mean CES-D score of clas
 s 3 (mean= 16.73\, SD= 0.83\, p<0.001) when accounting for the covariate\
 , GCSS score. Class 2 CES-D score (mean= 19.63\, SD= 1.23) did not signif
 icantly differ from class 1 or 3 CES-D scores\, while controlling for GCS
 S. The covariate\, GCSS\, was significantly related to CES-D score\, F(1\
 , 356)= 10.58\, p= 0.001. Conclusions Results indicate that after control
 ling for gay community stress\, those who faced high adversity in youth a
 nd had high early engagement in sex\, drugs\, or alcohol reported signifi
 cantly higher depression scores than those reporting lower adversity and 
 early engagement. Interventions for depression among GBMN individuals sho
 uld consider GCSS and youth adversity experiences.\n\nSpeakers:\nErin Nic
 holson\; Trace Kershaw\; Sally Kirklewski\n\nAdmission:\nRegistrationFees
 : APHA Event Registration is Required\n\nDetails URL:\nhttps://medicine.y
 ale.edu/event/the-effects-of-adversity-in-youth-and-experiences-of-gay-co
 mmunity-stress-on-depressive-symptoms/\n
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LOCATION:801 Allen Y Lew Pl NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
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STATUS:Confirmed
SUMMARY:5043.0 - The effects of adversity in youth and experiences of gay 
 community stress on depressive symptoms among young gay and bisexual men\
 , and non-binary individuals
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