Abstract
Sexual minority youth are an at-risk group for negative health outcomes. The present study compares descriptive characteristics and outness of sexual minority youth who attend religious schools to sexual minorities who do not attend religious schools, and also investigates if attending religiously affiliated schools is associated with levels of alcohol use and school belonging among sexual minority youth. Results indicated that sexual minority youth attending religiously affiliated schools reported more alcohol-related problems and were less likely to be “out” to students and teachers at their schools when compared to their nonreligious-school-attending counterparts. Attendance at a religiously affiliated school was not associated with school belonging.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 170-188 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of LGBT Youth |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 3 2015 |
Funding
This research was supported by a grant from the National GLBTQ Youth Foundation awarded to Nicholas C. Heck. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding source.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Alcohol
- LGBT youth
- religious schools
- sexual minority youth
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