Gender-Nonconforming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: School Victimization and Young Adult Psychosocial Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Toomey, Russell B.; Ryan, Caitlin; Diaz, Rafael M.; Card, Noel A.; Russell, Stephen T.
Titel	Gender-Nonconforming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: School Victimization and Young Adult Psychosocial Adjustment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 6, S.1580-1589 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0020705
Schlagwörter	Life Satisfaction; Structural Equation Models; Young Adults; Adolescents; Homosexuality; Depression (Psychology); Victims; School Culture; Adjustment (to Environment); Bullying; Gender Issues; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Middle Schools; High Schools; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensvollendung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Homosexualität; Victim; Opfer; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Mobbing; Geschlechterfrage; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule; Kalifornien
Abstract	Past research documents that both adolescent gender nonconformity and the experience of school victimization are associated with high rates of negative psychosocial adjustment. Using data from the Family Acceptance Project's young adult survey, we examined associations among retrospective reports of adolescent gender nonconformity and adolescent school victimization due to perceived or actual lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) status, along with current reports of life satisfaction and depression. The participants included 245 LGBT young adults ranging in age from 21 to 25 years. Using structural equation modeling, we found that victimization due to perceived or actual LGBT status fully mediates the association between adolescent gender nonconformity and young adult psychosocial adjustment (i.e., life satisfaction and depression). Implications are addressed, including specific strategies that schools can implement to provide safer environments for gender-nonconforming LGBT students. (Contains 4 tables, 2 footnotes and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10