School outcomes of sexual minority youth in the United States: evidence from a national study.
Using data from the Add Health Study, the first nationally representative study of adolescents in the U.S. to include information on same-sex romantic attraction, we examine school outcomes (school troubles, attitudes, and performance) of same-sex attracted youth within the context of four relational domains: family, teacher, social, and peer. Results indicate that each domain plays a role in the negative attitudes about school held by these sexual minority youth. However, sexual minority youths' feelings about their teachers play an important role in explaining school troubles.
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Division of Human Development and Family Studies, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8523, USA. strussell@ucdavis.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D001727:Bisexuality; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014481:United States