ERIC Number: EJ1091191
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
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The Role of Sexual Orientation in School-Based Victimization: A Meta-Analysis
Toomey, Russell B.; Russell, Stephen T.
Youth & Society, v48 n2 p176-201 Mar 2016
School-based victimization is associated with poorer developmental, academic, and health outcomes. This meta-analytic review compared the mean levels of school-based victimization experienced by sexual minority youth to those of heterosexual youth, and examined moderators of this difference. Results from 18 independent studies (N = 56,752 participants) suggest that sexual minority youth experience moderately higher levels of school-based victimization compared to heterosexual youth (d = 0.33). This effect varied by two study characteristics: the average effect size increased over time and was larger in studies that had a greater proportion of male participants. Results highlight the need for future research on school-based victimization to include measures of sexual orientation and for interventions to include a component that addresses sexual orientation.
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Victims, Meta Analysis, Minority Group Students, Effect Size, Homosexuality, Bullying, Aggression, Secondary School Students, Coding, Bias, Publications, Multiple Regression Analysis, Health Behavior, High School Students, Risk, National Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Conflict Tactics Scale; Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Grant or Contract Numbers: T32MH018387