STEM Education and Sexual Minority Youth: Examining Math and Science Coursetaking Patterns among High School Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gottfried ◽  
Fernando Estrada ◽  
Cameron Sublett
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Sexual Minority Youth ◽  
School Students ◽  
Math And Science

scholarly journals Correlates of bullying in Quebec high school students: The vulnerability of sexual-minority youth

2015 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 315-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jude Mary Cénat ◽  
Martin Blais ◽  
Martine Hébert ◽  
Francine Lavoie ◽  
Mireille Guerrier
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Sexual Minority Youth ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Friends and family: A literature review on how high school social groups influence advanced math and science coursetaking

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gottfried ◽  
Ann Owens ◽  
Darryl Williams ◽  
Hui Yon Kim ◽  
Michela Musto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The Body ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Math And Science ◽  
The Individual

In this study, we synthesized the literature on how informal contexts, namely friends and family social groups, shape high school students’ likelihood of pursuing advanced math and science coursework. Extending scholarly understandings of STEM education, we turned to the body of literature with three guiding questions: (1) What influence do friends have on advanced math and science coursetaking? (2) What influence does family, particularly parents, have on advanced math and science coursetaking? (3) Do the effects vary by gender among each social group? By synthesizing existing literature on the influence of family and friends on advanced math and science coursetaking in high school, we find that both friends and families can influence the number of advanced math and science courses students complete, but the amount of advanced coursework students complete also varies based on the gender of the individual student, the gender of his/her friends, as well as by mother or father. Implications and limitations are discussed.

Diabetes Risk Behaviors Are Higher among Sexual Minority U.S. High School Students

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1650-P ◽  
Author(s):  
LAUREN B. BEACH ◽  
BLAIR TURNER ◽  
RACHEL MARRO ◽  
GREGORY PHILLIPS
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Diabetes Risk ◽  
School Students

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.

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