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Differences in Adolescent Experiences of Polyvictimization and Suicide Risk by Sexual Minority Status
- Source :
- J Res Adolesc
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Sexual minority adolescents (SMA) report more suicide risk behaviors than heterosexual adolescents. Polyvictimization (co-occurrence of multiple types of victimization) may be an important, underresearched correlate of this disparity. With the 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N = 13,179), national estimates of polyvictimization and suicide risk were assessed among high school students by sexual minority status (SM vs. heterosexual), and multivariate relationships between sexual minority status, polyvictimization, and suicide risk were tested. Additionally, risk profiles of those who experienced polyvictimization (2 + types of victimization; n = 1,932) were compared across sexual minority status. Results confirm that SMA are more likely to experience polyvictimization than heterosexual adolescents (31.8% v. 12.9%, respectively); however, also indicate that polyvictimization does not fully explain elevated suicide risk among SMA.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Adolescent
MEDLINE
Poison control
050109 social psychology
Violence
Suicide prevention
Article
Occupational safety and health
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Behavioral Neuroscience
Injury prevention
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Crime Victims
05 social sciences
Bullying
Human factors and ergonomics
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Sexual minority
Suicide
Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15327795 and 10508392
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Research on Adolescence
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f7f43a4099d6bb44b2b6c836064fdee9