ArticleJournal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 532015
Future directions in research on sexual minority adolescent mental, behavioral, and sexual health.
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- Mental Health, Drug, and Violence Interventions for Sexual/Gender Minorities: A Systematic Review.Pediatrics · 2019Pooled it
- Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journal of primary prevention · 2018Pooled it
- Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors for Depression Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Youth: A Systematic Review.Journal of homosexuality · 2018Pooled it
- An Identity-Affirming Web Application to Help Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Cope With Minority Stress: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Demographic factors and correlates of trust in types of people and information sources: findings from the SAM-KAP Alabama youth survey on HIV prevention.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Lessons Learned in Engaging Adolescents and Young Adults to End the US HIV Epidemic.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Parent Facilitation of Condom Access and HIV Testing Associated with Improved Sexual Health Outcomes for Sexual Minority Young Men.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Dating and friendships in adolescence: Variation across same-sex and other-sex romantic partners.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2023Article
- Age Trends in Bias-Based Bullying and Mental Health by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- A longitudinal assessment of adolescents' sexual communication with parents, best friends, and dating partners.Developmental psychology · 2023Article
- Emotional changes following discrimination induction in gender- and sexuality-diverse adolescents.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
- Constructing a web-based health directory for adolescent men who have sex with men: Strategies for development and resource verification.Journal of community psychology · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Transitions in Intimate Partner Violence among Female Assigned at Birth Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- Internalizing Symptoms and Externalizing Behaviors in Latinx Adolescents with Same Sex Behaviors in Miami.Journal of LGBT youth · 2022Article
- Psychosocial correlates of body esteem and disordered eating among sexual minority adolescent girls.Body image · 2021Article
- Predicting the Transition From Suicidal Ideation to Suicide Attempt Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youths.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Bullying Victimization and Sexual Wellbeing in Sexually Active Heterosexual, Cisgender and Sexual/Gender Minority Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Article
- Sexual Minority Status and Age of Onset of Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Behavior.Pediatrics · 2021Article
- Patterns of Online and Offline Partnering, Partnership Characteristics, and Condomless Sex Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males in the USA.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- E-cigarette, cigarette, and cannabis use patterns as a function of sexual identity in a sample of Southern California young adults.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
This article describes current knowledge on sexual, mental, and behavioral health of sexual minority (SM) youth and identifies gaps that would benefit from future research. A translational sciences framework is used to conceptualize the article, discussing findings and gaps along the spectrum from basic research on prevalence and mechanisms, to intervention development and testing, to implementation. Relative to adults, there has been much less research on adolescents and very few studies that had longitudinal follow-up beyond 1 year. Due to historical changes in the social acceptance of the SM community, new cohorts are needed to represent contemporary life experiences and associated health consequences. Important theoretical developments have occurred in conceptualizing mechanisms that drive SM health disparities and mechanistic research is underway, including studies that identify individual and structural risk/protective factors. Research opportunities exist in the utilization of sibling-comparison designs, inclusion of parents, and studying romantic relationships. Methodological innovation is needed in sampling SM populations. There has been less intervention research and approaches should consider natural resiliencies, life-course frameworks, prevention science, multiple levels of influence, and the importance of implementation. Regulatory obstacles are created when ethics boards elect to require parental permission and ethics research is needed. There has been inconsistent inclusion of SM populations in the definition of "health disparity population," which impacts funding and training opportunities. There are incredible opportunities for scholars to make substantial and foundational contributions to help address the health of SM youth, and new funding opportunities to do so.
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