ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2019
School Climate & Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescent Mental Health.
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- Prevalence, severity and risk factors for mental disorders among sexual and gender minority young people: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Pooled it
- The roles of school in supporting LGBTQ+ youth: A systematic review and ecological framework for understanding risk for suicide-related thoughts and behaviors.Journal of school psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Positive School Climate on Suicidality and Mental Health Among LGBTQ Adolescents: A Systematic Review.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2021Pooled it
- Intersectional Minority Stress and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Prevalence of sexual minorities and its association with mental health among Chinese adolescents: a nationally representative cross-sectional study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Knowledge and dispositions of caring professionals in school settings regarding trans, gender diverse and non-binary students: A scoping review of empirical research.International journal of transgender health · 2026Review
- Depression and Anxiety Among Young Gender- and Sexuality-Diverse Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Mental health disorders, childhood adversities, and recent stressors as risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury, and suicidality among LGBTQA + higher education students.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Parental psychological control and depressive symptomatology in Chinese junior middle school students: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Depressive Symptoms, Emergency Care, and School Climate: An Ecological Analysis of Linked Administrative and Survey Data in New York City.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Dual School Climate and School Identification Scale (SCASIM-St15) in Chilean Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Support from School Personnel and In-School Resources Jointly Moderate the Association Between Identity-Based Harassment and Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth.Journal of educational psychology · 2025Article
- School Climate and School Identification as Determinants of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Adolescent Internet Gamers: Cross-Sectional Mediation Study.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- The Role of Individual Discrimination and Structural Stigma in the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Youth.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Article
- Mental ill-health and substance use among sexuality diverse adolescents: The critical role of school climate and teacher self-efficacy.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Navigating the landscape: Roles, perspectives, and experiences of psychologists supporting gender diverse children and young people in school settings.International journal of transgender health · 2024Review
- Interpersonal- and Community-Level Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity: An Examination of Sexual Identity, School Violence, and School Climate in a Large Sample of Urban Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Affirming educational and workplace settings are associated with positive mental health and happiness outcomes for LGBTQA + youth in Australia.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Multilevel stigma and depression among a national sample of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ adolescents in the United States.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Sexual/gender minority (Sexual/gender minority people are also referred to as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) youth are more likely than cisgender heterosexual youth to exhibit depressive symptoms and be victimized. School climate research indicates that the presence of a Gay-Straight Alliance (a Gay-Straight Alliance or Gender-Sexuality Alliance is also referred to as a GSA and is a youth group to support sexual/gender minority youth), a supportive school climate, and seeking help from teachers are associated with more positive mental health outcomes; however, they are not typically measured together. This study uses a survey that measures all four measures of school environment with a national sample of 240 sexual/gender minority high school students ages 14-18 (mean age 15.77) where 53% of participants had a Gay-Straight Alliance in their school. The sample is 53% cisgender, 100% sexual minority and 62% white. Adjusting for demographics and presence of a Gay-Straight Alliance, fewer depressive symptoms were associated with lower help-seeking intentions for suicidal thoughts. The presence of Gay-Straight Alliance was not statistically associated with past-month help-seeking intentions or behaviors. Additionally, a more supportive school climate was associated with lower anxiety and depressive symptoms. However, the presence of a Gay-Straight Alliance was not statistically associated with anxiety or depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that a supportive school climate and supportive school personnel may be important for supporting the mental health of sexual/gender minority students.
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