ERIC Number: EJ1060668
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Exploring the Social Integration of Sexual Minority Youth across High School Contexts
Martin-Storey, Alexa; Cheadle, Jacob E.; Skalamera, Julie; Crosnoe, Robert
Child Development, v86 n3 p965-975 May-Jun 2015
Mental health disparities between sexual minority and other youth have been theorized to result in part from the effects of the stigmatization on social integration. Stochastic actor-based modeling was applied to complete network data from two high schools in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (M[subscript age] = 15 years, N = 2,533). Same-sex attracted youth were socially marginalized in a smaller predominantly White school but not in a larger, more racially diverse school. For both schools, homophily was a critical network feature, and could represent social support for and social segregation of such youth. These findings emphasize the school context in studying the social lives of sexual minority youth and suggest that youth may be better off socially in larger and more diverse schools.
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Mental Health, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, High School Students, Racial Differences, Educational Environment, School Culture, Context Effect
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Grant or Contract Numbers: P01-HD31921; R21AA020045-01; R24 HD42849
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