%0 Thesis
%9 Master
%A Nijhof, Jeffry
%D 2024
%F theses_frw:4446
%P 107
%T Investigating the association between discrimination and health among sexual- and gender minorities in Europe.
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4446/
%X The vulnerability of sexual- and gender minorities in health, especially in relation to discrimination, has been well-established by previous studies. However, the differentiation between sexualities and gender identities and their respective roles in the discrimination-health association remains unclear. Additionally, this study aims to investigate multiple discrimination and the nature of its association with the health of LGBTQIA+ individuals. By means of the EU-LGBTI II dataset, this study executed multiple generalized ordinal logistic regression models to explore the associations between (multiple) discrimination and health for sexual- and gender minority individuals. The results indicated that differences in (the number of) forms of discrimination are significantly associated with health. Although more forms of discrimination lead to a stronger negative association between discrimination and health, the effect of an additional form of discrimination attenuates. The sexual- and gender minorities with the worst health outcomes are individuals with sexualities categorized as other, as well as genderqueer/-fluid/agender/polygender individuals. However, despite some significant outcomes, this study fails to pin down certain sexualities or gender identities as mediators in the association between discrimination and health. Further research should specify forms of discrimination other than sexuality and gender identity, as well as investigate the role of coping in the discrimination-health association.