Mental Health Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Youth - PMC

Contents:

• MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH
• ARE GAY PEOPLE SMARTER THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE?

MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

The circumstanc certaly affect the emotnal telligence of homosexuals or LGBT the other hand, the days emotnal telligence are gag much more dtrial emphasis through var empiril evinc accumulated by scholars om years to years after beg troduced by scientists.

Emotnal bra fluenced by the amygdala, the neo-rtex, the limbic system and the lob preontal the thgs that are on the emotnal bra • External factor that om outsi the dividual and fluenc or chang the attus of external fluenc dividual n be dividually, groups, between dividuals affected group or vice versa, n also be direct, namely through termediari such as the mass media, both prt and electronic and rmatn advanced through satelle servic DEFINITION OF HOMOSEXUALWord homosexual nsists of two words, the first is the word “Homo” which means same, the send “Sexual” and refers to sexual terurse. Friendly also means an tert emotns (passn, emotnal nnectn) and or the erotic, both proment (predomant) or solely (exclively), to people of the same sex, wh or whout physil ntact n tegorize that homosexualy has several kd or type, such as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or transsexual or simpler form, they are lled LGBT. Lbian: Lbian refers to female, woman or a girl who is physilly, emotnally and sexually attracted to the members om the same Gay refers to male, man or a boy that is physilly, emotnally and sexually attracted to the members om the same sex.

On the other hand, acrdg to Kalat (2001), there are several factors that n e homosexual, such as:Blogil theori:•Geic factor: Disvered there is a fact that geic factors e people to practice homosexualy, particularly intil tws and dizygotic tws. Another fact found that a person n be a gay or homosexual, ed by the geic factors to see abnormali the X chromosome hered om the mother and the birth of intil tws • Hormonal factor: Hormone imbalance may be one reason why people bee homosexual.

ARE GAY PEOPLE SMARTER THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE?

Moreover, sce Frd thks that everyone has hidn homosexual tennci, he believ that unr certa ndns, such as stratn anxiety ntu to male homosexual behavr may be open for the first time learng theori: Acrdg to behavrism, reward and punishment n shape dividual behavr to the tenncy of their sexual orientatn. Whereas, observatn of viant behavr whout beg punish may enurage the viant behavr such as OF HOMOSEXUALIn terms of psychiatry, there are two kds of homosexuals (Waldner-Hgd, 1999) such as:Ego-dystonic homosexualy (sync wh their ego): An ego dystonic is the one who do not terfere wh sexual orientatn, nor unnsc nflict affected and there is no urgency, urge or sire to change their sexual orientatn. This kd of homosexual have personal skills to face problem om environmental prsure, bee they already know how to e their emotns and try to get benef om their emotn so they n assist their thought to get meang of life (velop and tellectual of emotns).

Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience. Helpful rpons of a therapist treatg an dividual who is troubled about her or his same sex attractns clu helpg that person actively pe wh social prejudic agast homosexualy, succsfully rolve issu associated wh and rultg om ternal nflicts, and actively lead a happy and satisfyg life. The phrase “g out” is ed to refer to several aspects of lbian, gay, and bisexual persons’ experienc: self-awarens of same-sex attractns; the tellg of one or a few people about the attractns; wispread disclosure of same-sex attractns; and intifitn wh the lbian, gay, and bisexual muny.

Lbian, gay, and bisexual youth who do well spe strs—like all adolcents who do well spe strs—tend to be those who are socially petent, who have good problem-solvg skills, who have a sense of tonomy and purpose, and who look forward to the future. If they are a heterosexual relatnship, their experienc may be que siar to those of people who intify as heterosexual unls they choose to e out as bisexual; that se, they will likely face some of the same prejudice and discrimatn that lbian and gay dividuals enunter. Ethnographi of tradnal societi suggt that exclively homosexual behavur was probably rare the anctral environment, so the Hypothis would predict that more telligent dividuals are more likely to intify themselv as homosexual and engage homosexual behavur.