Page No 130-136
Meenal Solanki and Priyanka Tiwari
University of Delhi
This research explores the levels of depression, anxiety and stress in the individuals
who identify themselves as part of the Indian LGBTQ+ community (also called ‘Queer’),
as compared to those who identify themselves as part of the cisgender-heterosexual
(cis-het) community (also referred commonly to as ‘straight’). 101 Indian Queer adults
and 101 Indian Cis-het adults were surveyed using DASS-21. Data were analyzed to
arrive at descriptive and inferential statistics. Inferential statistics involved correlation
studies and t-tests. Indian LGBTQ+ adults showed greater scores for depression, anxiety
and stress than their cishet counterparts. It was found that Queer Indians face worse
mental health outcomes and hence, there’s an urgent need to address this in clinical
practice, as well as in policy-making and implementation.
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