Dataset on mental health indicators in LGBTIQ+ hondurans

Dataset Description This dataset contains the quantitative data from a doctoral study examining childhood experiences, discrimination, mental health, wellbeing, and help-seeking among LGBTIQ+ individuals in Honduras. Data were collected in 2024–2025 through a non-probabilistic online survey with 404 Honduran adults (18 years or older). The dataset includes 139 variables organized into thematic blocks. All data were fully anonymized prior to publication, and no identifying information is included. Variables and instruments included Demographic questionnaireAge, sex assigned at birth, gender identity, sexual orientation, education level, residence, and identity visibility. Childhood experiences Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System – ACE Module (CDC, 2020).11 items assessing abuse, household dysfunction, and family adversity before age 18. Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs)Narayan et al. (2018).10 dichotomous items assessing supportive and protective childhood experiences. Discrimination experiences Multiple Discrimination Scale (Bogart et al., 2013)10 items assessing discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity in the past year. Mental health outcomes Depression – PHQ-9 (Kroenke et al., 2001)9 items, 4-point Likert scale. Anxiety – GAD-7 (Spitzer et al., 2006)7 items, 4-point Likert scale. Somatic symptoms – SSS-8 (Gierk et al., 2014)8 items, 5-point Likert scale. Wellbeing and trauma-related outcomes Flourishing Scale (Diener et al., 2010) – 8 itemsCentrality of Event Scale – Short Form (Berntsen & Rubin, 2006) – 7 itemsPosttraumatic Growth Inventory – Short Form (Cann et al., 2010) – 10 items Help-seeking and treatment satisfaction CRES-4 (Feixas et al., 2012)Treatment satisfaction and perceived emotional change. Non-professional help satisfaction (adapted version)Support from religious, community, and alternative helpers. Data preparation Dataset cleaned and anonymized Variables recoded to numeric format Composite scale scores computed References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/questionnaires/pdf-ques/2020-BRFSS-Questionnaire-Spanish-Verison-508.pdf Narayan, A. J., Rivera, L. M., Bernstein, R. E., Harris, W. W., & Lieberman, A. F. (2018). Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) scale. Child Abuse &Neglect, 78, 19–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.09.022 Bogart, L. M., Landrine, H., Galvan, F. H., Wagner, G. J., & Klein, D. J. (2013). Perceived discrimination and physical health among HIV-positive Black and Latino men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 17(4), 1431–1441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0397-5 Kroenke, K., & Spitzer, R. L. (2002). The PHQ-9: A new depression diagnostic and severity measure. PsychiatricAnnals, 32(9), 509–515. https://doi.org/10.3928/0048-5713-20020901-06 Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., Williams, J. B. W., & Löwe, B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: The GAD-7. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 1092–1097. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092 Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143–156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-009-9493-y Berntsen, D., & Rubin, D. C. (2006). The Centrality of Event Scale: A measure of integrating a trauma into one’s identity and its relation to post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44(2), 219–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2005.01.009 Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., Tedeschi, R. G., Taku, K., Vishnevsky, T., Triplett, K. N., & Danhauer, S. C. (2010). A short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 23(2), 127–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800903094273 Gierk, B., Kohlmann, S., Kroenke, K., Spangenberg, L., Zenger, M., Brähler, E., & Löwe, B. (2014). The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8): A brief measure of somatic symptom burden. JAMA Internal Medicine, 174(3), 399–407. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12179 Feixas, G., Pucurull, O., Roca, C., Paz, C., García-Grau, E., & Bados, A. (2012). Escala de satisfacción con el tratamiento recibido (CRES-4): La versión en español. Revista de Psicoterapia, 23(89), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v23i89.639