title: Impediments to academic performance of bisexual college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate health-related impediments to academic success for bisexual college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Respondents to the Fall 2011 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA II) survey who self-identified as bisexual, heterosexual, gay, or lesbian.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary analyses of the ACHA-NCHA II data were conducted to compare the experiences of bisexual students with both each other (bisexual men and bisexual women) and those of their nonbisexual counterparts (heterosexual and gay/lesbian students).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bisexual college students are a large and distinct sexual minority group. On all measures with the exception of discrimination, bisexual college students reported the strongest threats to academic success of all sexual orientations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the unique impediments for bisexual students, college health professionals should consider specifically addressing needs for bisexual students, bisexual women in particular.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Kinesiology and Health Education , Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville , Illinois.
authors.forename: Nicole Aydt
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Dudley
mesh_terms: D001727:Bisexuality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000639:trends*
keywords: academic performance; bisexual; college health; health education