The Effects of General and Homophobic Victimization on Adolescents' Psychosocial and Educational Concerns: The Importance of Intersecting Identities and Parent Support

Autor/inn/en	Poteat, V. Paul; Mereish, Ethan H.; DiGiovanni, Craig D.; Koenig, Brian W.
Titel	The Effects of General and Homophobic Victimization on Adolescents' Psychosocial and Educational Concerns: The Importance of Intersecting Identities and Parent Support
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58 (2011) 4, S.597-609 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0025095
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Bullying; Adolescents; Parents; Homosexuality; Counseling Psychology; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Victims; Psychological Patterns; Mental Health; Secondary School Students; Sexual Orientation; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Parent Influence; Parent Child Relationship; Suicide; At Risk Persons; Grades (Scholastic); Attendance Patterns; Graduation; Peer Relationship; Gender Differences; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Mobbing; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Eltern; Homosexualität; Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Victim; Opfer; Psychohygiene; Sekundarschüler; Sexuelle Orientierung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Selbstmord; Risikogruppe; Notenspiegel; Abschluss; Graduierung; Peer-Beziehungen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Many adolescents experience peer victimization, which often can be homophobic. Applying the minority stress model with attention to intersecting social identities, this study tested the effects of general and homophobic victimization on several educational outcomes through suicidality and school belonging among 15,923 adolescents in Grades 7 through 12 on account of their sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. Parent support also was tested as a moderator of these effects. Homophobic victimization had different effects on suicidality across groups, indicating the importance of considering individuals' multiple social identities. However, homophobic victimization had universal negative effects on school belonging for all groups. Nearly all indirect effects of general and homophobic victimization on reported grades, truancy, and importance of graduating were significant through suicidality and school belonging across groups. Parent support was most consistent in moderating the effects of general and homophobic victimization on suicidality for heterosexual White and racial/ethnic minority youth. In nearly all cases, it did not moderate the effects of general or homophobic victimization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Furthermore, in most cases, parent support did not moderate the effects of general or homophobic victimization on school belonging. Findings underscore the need for counseling psychologists to work with parents of all youth on ways to provide support to those who experience homophobic victimization. Furthermore, they highlight the need for counseling psychologists to be involved as social justice advocates in the passage and implementation of school policies that address homophobic bullying and other forms of bias-based bullying and harassment. (Contains 1 figure, 4 tables, and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10