Contextualizing the Well-being of Asexual Youth: Evidence of Differences in Family, Health, and School Outcomes.
Asexuality
LGBTQ
Mental health
Sexual and gender minority youth
Social support
Journal
Journal of youth and adolescence
ISSN: 1573-6601
Titre abrégé: J Youth Adolesc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0333507
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Jan 2022
Historique:
received:
21
07
2021
accepted:
07
09
2021
pubmed:
23
9
2021
medline:
8
1
2022
entrez:
22
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Despite increasing efforts to better understand sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY), asexual youth remain understudied. This study examines differences in health, family support, and school safety among asexual youth (n = 938) from a national study of SGMY (N = 17,112) ages 13-17. Compared to non-asexual youth, asexual youth were more likely to identify as transgender and report a disability, and less likely to identify as Black or Hispanic/Latino. Transgender (versus cisgender) asexual youth fared worse on most study outcomes. Cisgender asexual (versus cisgender non-asexual) youth fared worse on all study outcomes. Transgender asexual (versus transgender non-asexual) youth reported lower sexuality-related family support. These findings underscore the role of gender identity in understanding the experiences of asexual youth.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34550495
doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01500-5
pii: 10.1007/s10964-021-01500-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
128-140Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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