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Research on Adolescent Sexual Orientation: Development, Health Disparities, Stigma, and Resilience

Journal of research on adolescence, 2011-03, Vol.21 (1), p.256-272 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2011 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2011 Society for Research on Adolescence ;ISSN: 1050-8392 ;EISSN: 1532-7795 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00727.x ;PMID: 27099454

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  • Title:
    Research on Adolescent Sexual Orientation: Development, Health Disparities, Stigma, and Resilience
  • Author: Saewyc, Elizabeth M.
  • Subjects: Adolescent Development ; Adolescents ; Developmental Tasks ; Health ; Intervention ; Quality of Health Care ; Resilience (Psychology) ; Risk ; Risk Factors ; Sexual Behavior ; Sexual Orientation ; Sexual Preferences ; Social Bias ; Social Discrimination ; Social Influences ; Stigma
  • Is Part Of: Journal of research on adolescence, 2011-03, Vol.21 (1), p.256-272
  • Description: The decade between 1998 and 2008 saw rapid increases in research on adolescent sexual orientation development and related health issues, both in the quantity and in the quality of studies. While much of the research originated in North America, studies from other countries also contributed to emerging understanding of developmental trajectories and social influences on the health of sexual minority adolescents. This paper reviews the body of research from the past decade on adolescent sexual orientation, focused on issues of measurement, developmental trajectories, evidence related to health disparities, and the risks and protective factors that help explain the health and developmental challenges some lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents experience. Although many sexual minority adolescents face stigma and rejection within their families, their schools, or their communities, it should be noted that most successfully navigate the developmental tasks of adolescence and attain similar levels of health and well‐being as their heterosexual peers, often despite the stigma and discrimination they encounter. Further research is needed to understand population trends as well as individual patterns of development, cultural variations in both development and health disparities, the interplay of general and unique risk factors that contribute to various health disparities and protective factors that buffer those risks, and interventions to promote the healthy development of sexual minority adolescents.
  • Publisher: Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1050-8392
    EISSN: 1532-7795
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00727.x
    PMID: 27099454
  • Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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