title: A developmentally informed adaptation of minority stress for sexual minority adolescents.
abstract: Sexual minority adolescents (lesbian, gay, bisexual) experience disparities in behavioral health outcomes compared to their heterosexual peers, generally attributed to minority stress. Although evidence of the applicability of the minority stress model among adolescents exists, it is based on a primarily adult literature. Developmental and generational differences demand further examination of minority stress to confirm its applicability. Forty-eight life history interviews with sexual minority adolescents in California (age 14-19; M = 19.27 SD = 1.38; 39.6% cismale, 35.4% cisfemale, 25% other gender) were completed, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis in QSR NVivo. Following a consensus model, all transcripts were double coded. Results suggest that minority stress is appropriate for use with adolescents; however, further emphasis should be placed on social context, coping resources, and developmental processes regarding identity development. A conceptual model is provided, as are implications for research and practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, School of Social Work, 669 W. 34th St., SWC 218, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA. Electronic address: goldbach@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Jeremy T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Goldbach
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, School of Social Work, 669 W. 34th St., SWC 218, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gibbs
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological