2005•Journal of Counseling & DevelopmentRequires access

Heterosexism and Sexism as Correlates of Psychological Distress in Lesbians

Dawn M. Szymanski

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This study examined the effects of external and internalized heterosexism and sexism on lesbians' mental health. Hierarchical regression analysis, controlling for education and income, identified recent sexual-orientation-based hate crime victimization, recent sexist events, internalized heterosexism, and the interaction of recent sexual-orientation-based hate crime victimization and recent sexist events as significant predictors of psychological distress, accounting for 31% of the variance.

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Key concepts: Heterosexism, Sexual orientation, Psychology, Hate crime, Distress, Psychological distress, Multilevel model, Clinical psychology