ArticlePsychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity2017
Trends in suicidality among sexual minority and heterosexual students in a Canadian population-based cohort study.
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- The link between LGBTQ-supportive communities, progressive political climate, and suicidality among sexual minority adolescents in Canada.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Alcohol Use and Suicidality by Sexual Orientation Among U.S. Youth, 2009-2017.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
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- LGBTQ Youth-Serving Community-Based Organizations: Who Participates and What Difference Does it Make?Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Article
- Are sexual minority youth overrepresented in foster care, child welfare, and out-of-home placement? Findings from nationally representative data.Child abuse & neglect · 2019Article
- Sexual minority youth, social change, and health: A developmental collision.Research in human development · 2019Article
- Love and Dating Patterns for Same- and Both-Gender Attracted Adolescents Across Europe.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2018Article
- A Media-Based School Intervention to Reduce Sexual Orientation Prejudice and Its Relationship to Discrimination, Bullying, and the Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents in Western Canada: A Population-Based Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesDespite evidence from numerous studies that document disparities in suicidality for sexual minorities, few have investigated whether or not these trends have improved over time, which is the objective of the current study.
methodsUsing school-based population data over a 15-year period (1998 to 2013), multivariate logistic regressions were used to calculate age-adjusted odds ratios separately by gender. Interactions were included to test widening or narrowing disparities within orientation groups, which makes this one of the first studies to test whether gaps in disparities between heterosexual and sexual minorities have widened or narrowed over time.
resultsResults show that sexual minority youth are persistently at a greater risk for suicidal behaviour, a trend that has continued particularly for bisexual youth of both sexes. Results also suggest that the gap in suicidal behaviour is widening among some female sexual orientation groups, yet narrowing for other male sexual orientation groups.
conclusionsThese findings have important public health implications, especially since we see decreases in suicidal behaviour for heterosexual adolescents, but not in the same way for many sexual minority youth, despite advances in social acceptance of gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues in North America.
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