Perceived Social Support, Self-concealment and Depressive Symptoms among Members Belonging to the LGBTQIA+ Community in India

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Page: 518-525

Cicilia Chettiar¹ and Prachi Shah² (Department of Psychology, Maniben Nanavati Women’s College, Mumbai, Maharashtra¹ and Department of Psychology, Durham College International, Oshawa, Canada²)

This study explored the association between social support, self-concealment and depressive symptoms in members belonging to the LGBTQIA community. Regression analysis was computed to determine the predictors of depressive symptoms. The results revealed a significant negative correlation between perceived social support and self- concealment and perceived social support and depressive symptoms. Perceived social support was found to be significantly predicting depressive symptoms, unlike self-concealment. Ancillary findings suggested a significant negative correlation between self-concealment and three out of four types of perceived social support. Depressive symptoms were found to be significantly negatively correlated with social support.