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ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2021

The Self-Identification, LGBTQ+ Identity Development, and Attraction and Behavior of Asexual Youth: Potential Implications for Sexual Health and Internet-Based Service Provision.

Lauren B McInroy, Brieanne Beaujolais, Shelley L Craig, Andrew D Eaton

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Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lauren B McInroyCollege of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. mcinroy.1@osu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5426-5782
Brieanne BeaujolaisCollege of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9700-7150
Shelley L CraigFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7991-7764
Andrew D EatonFaculty of Social Work - Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1331-1222
The Ohio State University · USUniversity of Regina · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (#475-2015-0780Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada #895-2018-1000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While often included in the spectrum of sexual minority identities, asexuality receives comparatively little attention. Awareness and understanding remains limited, and knowledge has been generated primarily from adult populations. This paper employs a sample of 711 self-identified asexual youth (aged 14-24, M = 17.43 years) who identified as members of the LGBTQ+ community to consider the implications of a number of different areas for service provision. Two-thirds (66.8%) of participants identified as gender minorities within the spectrum of transgender and non-binary identities. Findings include aspects of participants' LGBTQ+ developmental processes, including that only 14.3% had disclosed their LGBTQ+ status to everyone in their lives. However, just 2.4% had disclosed to no one. Their attraction and sexual activity were also explored, with 27.1% having never experienced any kind of romantic or sexual attraction and 20.6% having ever been sexually active. Findings regarding participants' accessing of LGBTQ+ health information and engagement in a range of offline and online LGBTQ+ community activities are also provided. Participants acquired more health information online than offline-including sexual health information. Recommendations for service provision, particularly implications for sexual health and Internet-based services, are discussed.

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Sexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual HealthTransgender PersonsAdolescentAdultFemaleGender IdentityHumansInternetMaleSexual BehaviorAsexualityIdentity developmentInternetSexual healthSexual orientationYouth

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PMID34136992
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