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ArticlePloS one2021

Gender stigma awareness is associated with adolescent risky health behaviors.

Karen Kwaning, Mitchell Wong, Kulwant Dosanjh, Christopher Biely, Rebecca Dudovitz

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karen KwaningDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-2515-6170
Mitchell WongUCLA General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Kulwant DosanjhUCLA General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Christopher BielyDepartment of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Rebecca DudovitzDepartment of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
University of California, Los Angeles · USUCLA Health · US

Funding

Social networks and drug use among low-income students in high-performing schoolsR01DA033362 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WONG, MITCHELL DAVID · 2012 to 2022
$5.9M
Leveraging School Environments to Shape Social Networks and Reduce Adolescent Substance Use-- A Pilot Randomized Trial of a Social Network InterventionK23DA040733 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DUDOVITZ, REBECCA N · 2016 to 2020
$1.1M
NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA040733NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA033362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesAlthough racial stigma in school is associated with adolescent risky health behaviors, there are no studies investigating how gender stigma relates to adolescent risky health behaviors among low-income, minority youth. We sought to determine whether gender stigma awareness is associated with adolescent risky health behaviors (delinquency, fighting, and substance use) and whether this association is mediated by school disengagement (low perceived teacher support, low school engagement, cutting classes, and breaking school rules) among low-income, minority students.

methodsWe analyzed cross-sectional survey data, collected from 2017 to 2019, from 412 high school students. Multi-level logistic regressions tested whether gender stigma awareness was associated with delinquency, fighting, and substance use, controlling for covariates, baseline behaviors, and clustering within schools. Mediation analyses tested whether school disengagement (low school engagement, perceived teacher support, cutting class, and breaking school rules) mediated these associations. Secondary analyses explored whether associations differed for male versus female, high-performing versus low-performing, and Latinx versus non-Latinx students.

resultsIn this predominantly Latinx (83%) sample, gender stigma awareness was associated with delinquency (AOR = 1.48, P< 0.001) and fighting (AOR = 1.15, P< 0.001). School engagement, perceived teacher support, breaking school rules, and cutting classes mediated 42.7% of the association between gender stigma awareness and delinquency and 65.42% of the association between gender stigma awareness and fighting. Gender stigma awareness was also associated with substance use for low-performing (AOR = 1.68, P = 0.003) and non-Latinx adolescents (AOR = 3.80, P = 0.03). School disengagement did not mediate the association between gender stigma awareness and substance use for non-Latinx students but mediated 50% of this association for low-performing students.

conclusionsGender stigma awareness is associated with adolescent risky health behaviors. A decreased sense of acceptance in the school community and increased school misbehavior may mediate these associations. School environments that value and accept all students may better support adolescent health.

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Social StigmaAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGender IdentityHealth Risk BehaviorsHispanic or LatinoHumansLos AngelesMaleMinority GroupsPovertyPsychological DistanceRisk-TakingSchools

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PMID33979392
PMCPMC8115797
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