SynthesisArchives of sexual behavior2022
Sexual Orientation Change among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The association between sexual orientation and eating disorders-related eating behaviours in adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Pooled it
- Changes in sexual identity and family support: A cohort analysis.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2026Article
- Gender, Heteronormative Attitudes, and Sexual Identity Stability and Change.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- A Proposed Taxonomy for Categorizing Sexual Identities in Adolescence.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Sexual and Gender Minorities in a Swedish Adolescent Community Population: Stability vs. Fluidity of Sexual Orientation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Variations in Religious Development by Sexual Orientation: Results from a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Demographic and Experiential Characteristics of Asexual Individuals and Associations with Well-Being.Archives of sexual behavior · 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
- 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
- Is everyone a mix of straight and gay? A social pressure theory of sexual orientation, with supporting data from a large global sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Changes in sexual identity and substance use during young adulthood.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Sexual identity fluidity, identity management stress, and depression among sexual minority adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
This article reviews research on changes in self-reported sexual orientation labels and associated health outcomes among adolescents and young adults. Using seven electronic databases and supplementary methods, we identified 30 studies for inclusion in the review, published between 2000 and 2020. This review aimed to summarize the approaches to measuring sexual orientation change; the prevalence, patterns, and directionality of changes in sexual identity; and how changes in sexual orientation relate to health outcomes among adolescents and youth adults. The reviewed studies lacked agreement in operationalization and assessment of sexual orientation changes. Prevalence of change in self-reported sexual orientation differed by birth sex, whereby cisgender female participants were more likely to report a change than male participants. In addition, adolescents and youth identifying with a nonheterosexual orientation or sexual minority at baseline were more likely to report a change in sexual orientation. Few studies reported on the impact of changes in sexual orientation on behavioral health outcomes. Adolescents who reported either nonheterosexual orientation at baseline or a shift toward nonheterosexual orientation had a greater likelihood of reporting depressive symptomology, suicidality, and substance use compared to those who did not report a change or reported consistent heterosexuality. Recommendations for future research and implications for practice are discussed.
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