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Protective Factors in the Lives of Bisexual Adolescents in North America

American journal of public health (1971), 2009-01, Vol.99 (1), p.110-117 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2009 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright American Public Health Association Jan 2009 ;American Public Health Association 2009 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123109 ;PMID: 19008523 ;CODEN: AJPEAG

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Title:
Protective Factors in the Lives of Bisexual Adolescents in North America
Author: Saewyc, Elizabeth M ; Homma, Yuko ; Skay, Carol L ; Bearinger, Linda H ; Resnick, Michael D ; Reis, Elizabeth
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adolescent Behavior ; Adults ; Asian Americans ; Attitude to Health ; Biological and medical sciences ; Bisexuality - psychology ; Bisexuality - statistics & numerical data ; Community ; Cultural identity ; Female ; Gays & lesbians ; Gender ; Health Behavior ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Health promotion ; Health Surveys ; Heterosexuality ; Heterosexuality - psychology ; Heterosexuality - statistics & numerical data ; Homosexuality - psychology ; Homosexuality - statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Minnesota ; Minority students ; Miscellaneous ; North America ; Peer relationships ; Prevalence ; Psychology ; Public Health ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Research and Practice ; Risk ; Risk-Taking ; Self esteem ; Sex crimes ; Sexual behavior ; Sexual Behavior - psychology ; Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data ; Sexual orientation ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - psychology ; Students ; Studies ; Suicides & suicide attempts ; Teenagers
Is Part Of: American journal of public health (1971), 2009-01, Vol.99 (1), p.110-117
Description: We compared protective factors among bisexual adolescents with those of heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, and gay or lesbian adolescents. We analyzed 6 school-based surveys in Minnesota and British Columbia. Sexual orientation was measured by gender of sexual partners, attraction, or self-labeling. Protective factors included family connectedness, school connectedness, and religious involvement. General linear models, conducted separately by gender and adjusted for age, tested differences between orientation groups. Bisexual adolescents reported significantly less family and school connectedness than did heterosexual and mostly heterosexual adolescents and higher or similar levels of religious involvement. In surveys that measured orientation by self-labeling or attraction, levels of protective factors were generally higher among bisexual than among gay and lesbian respondents. Adolescents with sexual partners of both genders reported levels of protective factors lower than or similar to those of adolescents with same-gender partners. Bisexual adolescents had lower levels of most protective factors than did heterosexual adolescents, which may help explain their higher prevalence of risky behavior. Social connectedness should be monitored by including questions about protective factors in youth health surveys.
Publisher: Washington, DC: Am Public Health Assoc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-0036
EISSN: 1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123109
PMID: 19008523
CODEN: AJPEAG
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Protective Factors in the Lives of Bisexual Adolescents in North America

2009 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright American Public Health Association Jan 2009 ;American Public Health Association 2009 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123109 ;PMID: 19008523 ;CODEN: AJPEAG

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