ArticleJournal of adolescence2019
Developmental patterns of sexual identity, romantic attraction, and sexual behavior among adolescents over three years.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- Prevalence, severity and risk factors of psychiatric disorders amongst sexual and gender diverse young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Sexual Orientation Change among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Pooled it
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- Supporting sexual minority adolescents: A critical realist thematic analysis of psychological therapists' experiences.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- Childhood Threat and Deprivation and Links to Mental Health Behaviors and Health Risk Behaviors Among Young Sexual Minority Men: The Differential Roles of Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Sexual orientation identity and attraction changes among youth: prospective versus retrospective measurement.Annals of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Stability and Change in Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Across Childhood and Adolescence.Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Sexual and Gender Minorities in a Swedish Adolescent Community Population: Stability vs. Fluidity of Sexual Orientation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Trends in Sex of Sex Partners and Sexual Identity Among US Adolescents, 2015-2021.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Sex, Attraction, and Social Norms: Distinguishing Romantic and Non-Romantic Relationships in Non-Sexual Contexts.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Ten simple rules for queer data collection and analysis by STEM researchers.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Being Out: Impact of Disclosure on Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Receipt in a Sample of Sexual Minority Women and Gender Diverse Youth.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- One-in-ten adolescents and young adults report changes in their sexual orientation identity over 2-month follow-up: Results from a longitudinal cohort study.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Screening and Retaining Adolescents Recruited Through Social Media: Secondary Analysis from a Longitudinal Clinical Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Sexual Identity Fluidity and Depressive Symptoms: Findings From a National Longitudinal Study of Sexual Minority Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Sexual Fluidity in Identity and Behavior Among Cisgender Youth: Findings from the Longitudinal Growing up with Media Study.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic Patterns in Retrospective Sexual Orientation Identity and Attraction Change in the Sexual Orientation Fluidity in Youth Study.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence of and disparities in adolescents' susceptibility to novel oral nicotine products marketed as "tobacco-free".Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Sexual Orientation Among Gender Diverse Youth.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAdolescents are heterogeneous in how they define and experience their sexual orientation, which can include specific identity labels, romantic attractions, and other- and/or same-sex sexual behavior. These three components of sexual orientation are not always concordant, and studies suggest adolescents-particularly girls-are fluid in these dimensions of orientation over time. The current study examined: 1) fluidity in adolescent girls' and boys' self-labeled identities and romantic attractions over time, and 2) patterns of adolescent girls' and boys' self-labeled identities and romantic attractions as they coincide with sexual behavior.
methodsSurveys were administered to adolescents in three low-income high schools in the rural Southeastern U.S. at three yearly intervals (n = 744; M
resultsResults revealed 26% of girls and 11% of boys reported fluidity in identity and 31% of girls and 10% of boys reported fluidity in attractions. At each time point, up to 20% of girls and 6% of boys reported a sexual minority identity label with concurrent same-sex attraction; the majority of these participants also reported same-sex behavior. Among heterosexual-identified participants reporting some degree of same-sex attraction at year 3, approximately 66% of girls and 10% of boys reported same-sex behavior.
conclusionsThe findings suggest that many adolescents are nuanced and dynamic in how they identify and experience their developing sexualities.
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