The association between internalized homophobia and mental health problems is well-documented among sexual minority individuals. At the same time, growing evidence suggests that dating apps influence sexual minority individuals’ well-being in different ways. Using data collected from 2165 Israeli cisgender and transgender sexual minority individuals, this study examined the interplay of internalized homophobia, compulsive use of dating apps, and mental distress in this population. The findings show that compulsive use of dating apps mediates the association between internalized homophobia and mental distress, and that internalized homophobia mediates the association between compulsive use of dating apps and mental distress. The purpose of using dating apps does not moderate these mediated relationships. The results also suggested differences between the sample subgroups in levels of internalized homophobia, mental distress, and compulsive use of dating apps.

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内化的同性恋恐惧症、强迫性使用约会应用程序以及性少数群体的精神困扰之间的相互作用：两种有调节的中介模型

在性少数群体中，内化的同性恋恐惧症与心理健康问题之间的联系是有据可查的。与此同时，越来越多的证据表明，约会应用程序以不同的方式影响性少数群体的幸福感。这项研究使用从 2165 名以色列顺性别和跨性别性少数群体收集的数据，研究了该人群内在的同性恋恐惧症、强迫性使用约会应用程序和精神困扰之间的相互作用。研究结果表明，强迫性使用约会应用程序介导了内在的同性恋恐惧症和精神困扰之间的关联，而内在的同性恋恐惧症也介导了强迫性使用约会应用程序和精神困扰之间的关联。使用约会应用程序的目的并不调节这些中介关系。结果还表明，样本亚组之间的内化同性恋恐惧症、精神困扰和强迫性使用约会应用程序的水平存在差异。