Mental health outcomes among LGBTQ+ emerging adults: Latent profiles of intrapersonal and interpersonal strengths.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer emerging adults' exposure to various forms of discrimination and systemic oppression increases their risk for negative mental health outcomes. Yet, access to factors that promote resilience contribute to positive mental health outcomes. Most research that incorporates individual-level and interpersonal-level resilience factors uses variable-centered approaches, which assume homogeneity and average effects that may obscure different patterns of resilience. To address this gap, in a sample of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer emerging adults (N = 460), this study used a person-centered approach (i.e., latent profile analysis) and multiple regressions to examine differences in three mental health outcomes (i.e., psychological well-being, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms) on one individual-level (i.e., personal resilience) and two family/community-level (i.e., caregiver acceptance, social support) psychosocial resources. A five-profile solution emerged: (1) high intrapersonal and interpersonal strengths; (2) low intrapersonal and interpersonal strengths; (3) accepted by caregivers, moderately resilient, and socially supported; (4) accepted by caregivers and moderately resilient, but not socially supported; and (5) not accepted by caregivers but moderately resilient and socially supported. Findings show that the probability of belonging to the profile with high resources was associated with lower depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as higher psychological well-being. Furthermore, social support was associated with well-being above and beyond personal resilience and caregiver acceptance. Last, caregiver acceptance was linked with lower depression and anxiety symptoms, above and beyond personal resilience and social support. Results highlight the complex interplay between resilience factors and mental health outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer emerging adults. We discuss implications for theory, practice, and advocacy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).