Fostering Youth Self-Efficacy to Address Transgender and Racial Diversity Issues: The Role of Gay-Straight Alliances

Autor/inn/en	Chong, Eddie S. K.; Poteat, V. Paul; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Calzo, Jerel P.
Titel	Fostering Youth Self-Efficacy to Address Transgender and Racial Diversity Issues: The Role of Gay-Straight Alliances
Quelle	In: School Psychology, 34 (2019) 1, S.54-63 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chong, Eddie S. K.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2578-4218
DOI	10.1037/spq0000258
Schlagwörter	Homosexuality; Sexual Orientation; Sexual Identity; Youth; High School Students; Clubs; Student Organizations; Empowerment; Social Bias; Racial Bias; Race; Friendship; Self Efficacy; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Club; Klub; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rasse; Abstammung; Freundschaft; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) aspire to empower youth to address multiple systems of oppression, including those affecting transgender and racial/ethnic minority youth, yet there is little indication of factors contributing to youths' self-efficacy to do so. We examined individual and group factors predicting self-efficacy to address transgender and racial issues among 295 youth in 33 high school GSAs. Multilevel results indicated that level of GSA engagement, individual and collective involvement in transgender- and race-specific discussions, and in some cases intergroup friendships were associated with each form of self-efficacy. The association between GSA engagement and transgender self-efficacy was stronger for youth in GSAs with greater collective transgender-specific discussions. Associations with racial self-efficacy differed based on youths' race/ethnicity. Continued research needs to identify how GSAs and similar youth programs promote self-efficacy to address diversity issues. Impact and Implications: This study highlights the potential of diversity-focused youth settings such as Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to empower youth to address discrimination and issues faced by minority populations. It advances GSA research by considering individual and group differences; and suggests that active involvement in peer discussions and being socialized around other members who collectively discuss such issues may benefit youth depending on the issue at stake. (As Provided).
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Update	2021/2/06