What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to explore how coping mechanisms and community dynamics affect psychological growth in QTBIPOC individuals after trauma.

April 5, 2026

Queer and/or transgender and Black, Indigenous, and other people ofcolor activism and posttraumatic growth: Examining a moderated mediationmodel.

Key Points

The aim is to explore how coping mechanisms and community dynamics affect psychological growth in QTBIPOC individuals after trauma.
Examined individual and collective coping strategies among QTBIPOC individuals
Analyzed the impact of meaning in life on psychological growth
Investigated the role of racism within the LGBTQ+ community
Active coping strategies were linked to greater psychological growth
Meaning in life significantly contributed to posttraumatic outcomes
Racism experienced in LGBTQ+ spaces negatively influenced growth

Abstract

Our findings indicate that active coping at both the collective and individual level, meaning in life, and racism within the LGBTQ+ community are important in understanding QTBIPOC psychological growth associated with identity-based insidious trauma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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Cite This Study

Szymanski et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d1fc28a79560c99a0a1c26 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000803

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