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We examine inequalities in the mental health and self-rated health of sexual minority young adults, compared to their heterosexual peers, at the height of lockdown restrictions in the UK.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We analysed data from singletons who participated in waves 6, 7, and the wave 1 COVID-19 survey (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092211) of the Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative longitudinal study of infants born in the UK between September 2000 and January 2002. Regression models compared the mental health, self-rated health, and social support of sexual minority young adults to that of their heterosexual peers.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      One in four young adults self-identified with a sexual orientation or attraction other than completely heterosexual. Sexual minority young adults had significantly lower levels of social support (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u2009\u2212\u20090.38, SE 0.08), poorer self-rated health (OR 3.91, 95% CI 2.41\u20136.34), and higher levels of psychological distress (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.26, SE 0.34), anxiety (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.40, SE 0.15), and loneliness (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.66, SE 0.18) when compared to heterosexual young adults.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sexual minority young adults in the UK have been detrimentally impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, experiencing inequalities in mental health, self-rated health, and social support when compared to heterosexual young adults. Implications for policy and practice include a stronger provision of safe spaces in the community and in institutions, and policies that address marginalisation and harassment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00127-022-02291-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,4]],"date-time":"2022-05-04T04:02:52Z","timestamp":1651636972000},"page":"1979-1986","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Inequalities in mental health, self-rated health, and social support among sexual minority young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses from the UK Millennium Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"57","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4207-074X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laia","family":"B\u00e9cares","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dylan","family":"Kneale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"2291_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"507","DOI":"10.1177\/1440783320958812","volume":"56","author":"L Gahan","year":"2020","unstructured":"Gahan L, Almack K (2020) Experiences of and responses to disempowerment, violence, and injustice within the relational lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. 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