ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2019
A Cross-sectional Study Examining the (In)congruency of Sexual Identity, Sexual Behavior, and Romantic Attraction among Adolescents in the US.
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- Will all youth answer sexual orientation and gender-related survey questions? An analysis of missingness in a large U.S. survey of adolescents and young adults.Psychological methods · 2026Article
- Stability and Change in Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Across Childhood and Adolescence.Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · 2025Article
- Mental health among sexually and gender diverse adolescents in Indonesia and Vietnam: Results from the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Stereotypes of White and East Asian Women and Men with Branched Attractions.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Technology-Facilitated Abuse Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youths.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Motives for desiring children among individuals of different sexual-romantic orientations: a cross-sectional study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Latinx Sexual Minority Adolescent Substance Use: State of the Science and Call for Intersectional Minority Stressors and Protective Factors.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Sexual Fluidity in Identity and Behavior Among Cisgender Youth: Findings from the Longitudinal Growing up with Media Study.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- The current state of sexual fluidity research.Current opinion in psychology · 2022Review
- Sexual Orientation and Attraction in a Cohort of Transmasculine Adolescents and Young Adults.Transgender health · 2022Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Relationship Abuse across Different Sexual and Gender Identities.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Article
- Sexual Orientation Demographic Data in a Clinical Cohort of Transgender Patients.Applied clinical informatics · 2021Article
- Developmental patterns of sexual identity, romantic attraction, and sexual behavior among adolescents over three years.Journal of adolescence · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine how sexual identity, romantic attraction, and sexual behavior co-relate for cisgender adolescents. STUDY
designThe Teen Health and Technology survey was a cross-sectional, self-report online survey. More than 5000 youth between 13 and 18 years of age were randomly recruited through Harris Panel OnLine's panel as well as outreach by GLSEN to over-recruit lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority youth. Data were collected between 2010 and 2011. Analyses were conducted in 2018 and restricted to cisgender youth.
resultsOverall, romantic attraction and sexual behavior most closely mapped each other. The greatest discordance was noted between sexual identity and romantic attraction. For example, 59% of girls and 16% of boys who identified with a nonheterosexual identity reported that at least 1 of their 2 most recent sexual partners was a different gender. Nine percent of heterosexually-identified girls and 3% of heterosexually-identified boys reported romantic attraction to the same sex, and 6% and 7% of heterosexually-identified girls and boys, respectively, reported that at least 1 of their 2 most recent sexual partners was the same gender.
conclusionsTreating romantic attraction, sexual identity, and sexual behavior as synonymous assumes a unidimensionality that is unsupported by the data. Pediatricians and others working with youth, including researchers, should be mindful not to assume identity on the basis of behavior. Researchers should be clear and purposeful about how they are operationalizing "sexual minority" and how it may affect the composition of their study population. Healthy sexuality and risk reduction programs need to acknowledge that adolescents with a particular sexual identity may have romantic attractions, and even sexual encounters, with people who fall outside of that identity.
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