Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth: The Influence of Perceived Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

The authors evaluated emotional distress among 9th–12th grade students, and examined whether the association between being lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgendered (i.e., “LGBT”) and emotional distress was mediated by perceptions of having been treated badly or discriminated against because othe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of youth and adolescence 2009-08, Vol.38 (7), p.1001-1014
Hauptverfasser:	Almeida, Joanna, Johnson, Renee M., Corliss, Heather L., Molnar, Beth E., Azrael, Deborah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Assaults At Risk Persons Attitude Attitude Measures Behavioral Science and Psychology Bisexuality - psychology Bisexuality - statistics & numerical data Bullying Child and School Psychology Clinical Psychology Correlation Data collection Depression (Psychology) Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Depressive Disorder - epidemiology Depressive Disorder - psychology Discrimination Emotional Response Emotions Empirical Research Female Females Gays & lesbians Gender Discrimination Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Grade 9 Health Psychology Heterosexuality High School Students History of Psychology Homosexuality Homosexuality, Female - psychology Homosexuality, Female - statistics & numerical data Homosexuality, Male - psychology Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data Humans Law and Psychology LGBTQ people Male Males Massachusetts Mental health Perceptions Polls & surveys Prejudice Psychological Distress Psychology Public schools Rejection (Psychology) Risk factors Secondary school students Self destructive behavior Sex crimes Sexual Behavior Sexual Orientation Sexual orientation discrimination Sexual Preferences Social Bias Social Discrimination Social Environment Social Perception Stress Variables Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Studies Suicidal behavior Suicidal ideation Suicide Suicide, Attempted - psychology Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data Suicides & suicide attempts Surveys and Questionnaires Symptoms (Individual Disorders) Teenagers Transgender persons Transsexualism - epidemiology Transsexualism - psychology Transsexuality Victimization Victims of Crime Youth Problems
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors evaluated emotional distress among 9th–12th grade students, and examined whether the association between being lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgendered (i.e., “LGBT”) and emotional distress was mediated by perceptions of having been treated badly or discriminated against because others thought they were gay or lesbian. Data come from a school-based survey in Boston, Massachusetts ( n = 1,032); 10% were LGBT, 58% were female, and ages ranged from 13 to 19 years. About 45% were Black, 31% were Hispanic, and 14% were White. LGBT youth scored significantly higher on the scale of depressive symptomatology. They were also more likely than heterosexual, non-transgendered youth to report suicidal ideation (30% vs. 6%, p
ISSN:	0047-2891 1573-6601
DOI:	10.1007/s10964-009-9397-9