ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2023
Sexual minority youth's mental health and substance use: The roles of victimization, cybervictimization, and non-parental adult support.
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- Exploring the role of telling teachers about identity-based harassment in relation to psychological distress among a national sample of sexual and gender diverse youth.School psychology (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Linking inclusive school practices and mental health in sexual and gender minority youth in Europe.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- An Intersectional Perspective on Cyberbullying: Victimization Experiences Among Marginalized Youth.Journal of adolescence · 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-Based Health Centers Addressing Health Equity for LGBTQ + Patients (SBHCs HELP): protocol for a stepped-wedge trial to implement innovations promoting structural competency.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Geographical Variation in the Associations Between School Characteristics and Homophobic Bullying: a Contextual Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
- Inclusion Goals: What Sex Education for LGBTQIA+ Adolescents?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Cyberaggression and cybervictimisation in adolescents: Bibliometric analysis in web of science.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Digital Sexual Violence and Suicide Risk in a National Sample of Sexual Minority Adolescents.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
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Abstract
Victimization is a well-established driver of sexual minority youth's (SMY) mental health and substance use risk. The current study examined and extended this research by exploring how victimization, cybervictimization, and non-parental supportive adults contribute to SMY's vulnerability to poor mental health and substance use. Using data from the first representative sample of Texas youth that measures sexual identity, we analyzed sex-stratified models of the association between sexual identity, mental health, and substance use, and the confounding effects of victimization, cybervictimization, and non-parental adult support. Victimization was more common among SMY and accounted for a greater proportion of sexual identity disparities on mental health and substance use, especially for males. Sexual minority females were more likely to report cybervictimization than heterosexual youth, and cybervictimization was associated with mental health risk. SMY reported fewer available non-parental supportive adults, which was associated with more sadness, suicidality, and polysubstance use. Our study adds to extant evidence that victimization drives SMY's increased susceptibility to mental health and substance use risk. Schools should implement inclusive policies that prohibit bullying based on sexual minority identity and offer professional development opportunities for supporting SMY.
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