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ERIC Number: EJ1124990
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Greater Engagement among Members of Gay-Straight Alliances: Individual and Structural Contributors
Poteat, V. Paul; Heck, Nicholas C.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Calzo, Jerel P.
American Educational Research Journal, v53 n6 p1732-1758 Dec 2016
Using youth program models to frame the study of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), we identified individual and structural predictors of greater engagement in these settings with a cross-sectional sample of 295 youth in 33 GSAs from the 2014 Massachusetts GSA Network Survey (69% LGBQ, 68% cisgender female, 68% White, M[subscript age] =16.07). Multilevel modeling results indicated that members who perceived more support/socializing from their GSA, had more LGB friends, were longer serving members, and were in GSAs with more open and respectful climates reported greater engagement. Further, there was a curvilinear association between organizational structure in the GSA and engagement: Perceptions of more structure were associated with greater engagement to a point, after which greater structure was related to less engagement.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS)
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01MD009458; K01DA034753
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