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.
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