Peer Victimization, Social Support, and Psychosocial Adjustment of Sexual Minority Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Trish; Connolly, Jennifer; Pepler, Debra; Craig, Wendy
Titel	Peer Victimization, Social Support, and Psychosocial Adjustment of Sexual Minority Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34 (2005) 5, S.471-482 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-005-7264-x
Schlagwörter	Sexual Orientation; Homosexuality; High School Students; Adolescents; Comparative Analysis; Peer Relationship; Victims of Crime; Social Support Groups; Social Adjustment; Student Surveys; Matched Groups; Sexual Harassment; Depression (Psychology); Bullying; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Orientierung; Homosexualität; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Peer-Beziehungen; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Soziale Anpassung; Schülerbefragung; Sexuelle Belästigung; Mobbing; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The present study examined the link between sexual orientation and adjustment in a community sample of 97 sexual minority (gay male, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning) high school students, taking into account their experiences of peer victimization and social support within peer and family contexts. Adolescents were identified in a large-scale survey study conducted at 5 high schools. They were matched to a comparison sample of their heterosexual peers. Sexual minority adolescents reported more externalizing behaviors and depression symptoms than heterosexual youth. Compared to their heterosexual peers, sexual minority youth reported more sexual harassment, more bullying, less closeness with their mothers, and less companionship with their best friends. There were no significant differences between gay male, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning adolescents. Overall, both victimization and social support mediated the link between sexual orientation and psychosocial symptoms. Among sexual minority youth, the link between social support and externalizing was mediated by experiences of peer victimization. These findings highlight the contextual risk and protective factors associated with non-heterosexual sexual orientation in accounting for the emotional and behavioral problems in this population. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10