School Support Groups, Other School Factors, and the Safety of Sexual Minority Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Goodenow, Carol; Szalacha, Laura; Westheimer, Kim
Titel	School Support Groups, Other School Factors, and the Safety of Sexual Minority Adolescents
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 43 (2006) 5, S.573-589 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.20173
Schlagwörter	High Risk Students; Social Support Groups; Victims of Crime; School Safety; Minority Groups; Adolescents; Suicide; Principals; Homosexuality; Bullying; Comparative Analysis; Educational Environment; Teacher Role; Program Effectiveness; Predictor Variables; High School Students; Massachusetts; Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemschüler; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Ethnische Minderheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Selbstmord; Principal; Schulleiter; Homosexualität; Mobbing; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lehrerrolle; Prädiktor; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Sexual minority adolescents--those self-identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) or with same-sex desires or sexual experiences--report higher rates of victimization and suicidality than their heterosexual peers, yet little empirical research has examined school factors associated with these risks. This study used data from the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (Massachusetts Department of Education, 2000), matched with school-level data from state records and school principals, to compare the safety of 202 sexual minority adolescents in 52 schools with and without support groups for LGB students, to investigate the relationship between perceived staff support and safety, and to explore other school factors associated with victimization and suicidality among these youth. As hypothesized, sexual minority adolescents in schools with LGB support groups reported lower rates of victimization and suicide attempts than those in other schools. Victimization and perceived staff support predicted suicidality. Several additional school factors were associated with the safety of sexual minority students. (Contains 4 tables and 1 footnote.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10