Risk factors differ according to same-sex and opposite-sex interest.
Are risk behaviours in adolescence differentiated according to same-sex vs opposite-sex interest? For all respondents a five-point scale of interest in each sex used information from both of the first two in-home waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Logistic regression predicted the probability of experiencing each risk behaviour from the same-sex and opposite-sex interest scores. Same-sex interests have more effect on emotional risk, and opposite-sex interests have more effect on substance use. Nevertheless, all risk variables except boys' depression are responsive to both same-sex and opposite-sex interest. The same-sex interest component of risk is attributed to the emotional strain of living with an anomalous sex interest in a heterosexual society.
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J Richard
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Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524, USA.
Chantala
Kim
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003376:Counseling; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology