Bullying Victimization Trajectories for Sexual Minority Adolescents: Stable Victims, Desisters, and Late-Onset Victims

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Sterzing ◽  
Jeremy J. Gibbs ◽  
Rachel E. Gartner ◽  
Jeremy T. Goldbach
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Minority Adolescents

Understanding Associations Between Exposure to Violent Pornography and Teen Dating Violence Among Female Sexual Minority High School Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110283
Author(s):  
Cara Herbitter ◽  
Alyssa L. Norris ◽  
Kimberly M. Nelson ◽  
Lindsay M. Orchowski
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Teen Dating

Previous research indicates that teen dating violence (TDV) is more common among sexual minority than heterosexual adolescents, with approximately half of female sexual minority adolescents (SMA) endorsing TDV victimization in the last year. In samples of adolescents without regard to sexual orientation, exposure to violent pornography is associated with TDV, but this relationship has not been assessed in female SMA. The current study sample consisted of 10th-grade high school students aged 14–17 who identified as cisgender females ( N = 1,276). Data were collected from a baseline survey prior to the delivery of a sexual assault prevention intervention. Female SMA had 2.54 times the odds (95%CI [1.75, 3.69]) of being exposed to violent pornography and 2.53 times the odds (95%CI [1.72, 3.70)]) of TDV exposure compared to heterosexual girls. Exposure to violent pornography was not associated with involvement in TDV among female SMA, controlling for episodic heavy drinking ( aOR = 2.25, 95%CI [0.88,6.22]). Given the relatively higher rates of violent pornography and TDV exposure among female SMA compared to heterosexual girls, it is critical that sex education curricula address these experiences and meet the needs of adolescents of all sexual orientations. Future research can assess how these TDV interventions might be tailored for female SMA. Although we did not find that exposure to violent pornography was associated with TDV among female SMA, these investigations should be replicated with larger data sets, given that the association between exposure to violent pornography and engagement in TDV was in the expected direction.

scholarly journals Multidimensional characterization of sexual minority adolescents' sexual safety strategies

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 953-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Tatiana Masters ◽  
Blair Beadnell ◽  
Diane M. Morrison ◽  
Marilyn J. Hoppe ◽  
Elizabeth A. Wells
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Safety Strategies

COVID-19-Related Household Job Loss and Mental Health in a Nationwide United States Sample of Sexual Minority Adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Luis Armando Parra ◽  
Rory Patrick O’Brien ◽  
Sheree Michelle Schrager ◽  
Jeremy Thomas Goldbach
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Minority Adolescents

Sexual Orientation and Suicide Attempt Disparities Among US Adolescents: 2009–2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
Julia Raifman ◽  
Brittany M. Charlton ◽  
Renata Arrington-Sanders ◽  
Philip A. Chan ◽  
Jack Rusley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Sexual Contacts ◽  
Minority Sexual Orientation

BACKGROUND Sexual minority adolescents face mental health disparities relative to heterosexual adolescents. We evaluated temporal changes in US adolescent reported sexual orientation and suicide attempts by sexual orientation. METHODS We used Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance data from 6 states that collected data on sexual orientation identity and 4 states that collected data on sex of sexual contacts continuously between 2009 and 2017. We estimated odds ratios using logistic regression models to evaluate changes in reported sexual orientation identity, sex of consensual sexual contacts, and suicide attempts over time and calculated marginal effects (MEs). RESULTS The proportion of adolescents reporting minority sexual orientation identity nearly doubled, from 7.3% in 2009 to 14.3% in 2017 (ME: 0.8 percentage points [pp] per year; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.6 to 0.9 pp). The proportion of adolescents reporting any same-sex sexual contact increased by 70%, from 7.7% in 2009 to 13.1% in 2017 (ME: 0.6 pp per year; 95% CI: 0.4 to 0.8 pp). Although suicide attempts declined among students identifying as sexual minorities (ME: –0.8 pp per year; 95% CI: –1.4 to –0.2 pp), these students remained >3 times more likely to attempt suicide relative to heterosexual students in 2017. Sexual minority adolescents accounted for an increasing proportion of all adolescent suicide attempts. CONCLUSIONS The proportion of adolescents reporting sexual minority identity and same-sex sexual contacts increased between 2009 and 2017. Disparities in suicide attempts persist. Developing and implementing approaches to reducing sexual minority youth suicide is critically important.

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