Concordance and Discrepancy in Sexual Identity, Attraction, and Behavior Among Adolescents

Igartua, Karine J.; Thombs, Brett D.; Burgos, Giovani; Montoro, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.019

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“…25,26 Attraction consists of desires and fantasies; behavior consists of sexual activities that involve physical contact and sexual arousal; and identity involves the labels and meanings that individuals attach to their own sexualities. 27 The Add Health surveys included questions that assess all 3 components.…”

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Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study

2011

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OBJECTIVE: Nonheterosexual adolescents are vulnerable to health risks including addiction, bullying, and familial abuse. We examined whether they also suffer disproportionate school and criminal-justice sanctions. METHODS: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health followed a nationally representative sample of adolescents who were in grades 7 through 12 in 1994–1995. Data from the 1994–1995 survey and the 2001–2002 follow-up were analyzed. Three measures were used to assess nonheterosexuality: same-sex attraction, same-sex romantic relationships, and lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) self-identification. Six outcomes were assessed: school expulsion; police stops; juvenile arrest; juvenile conviction; adult arrest; and adult conviction. Multivariate analyses controlled for adolescents' sociodemographics and behaviors, including illegal conduct. RESULTS: Nonheterosexuality consistently predicted a higher risk for sanctions. For example, in multivariate analyses, nonheterosexual adolescents had greater odds of being stopped by the police (odds ratio: 1.38 [P < .0001] for same-sex attraction and 1.53 [P < .0001] for LGB self-identification). Similar trends were observed for school expulsion, juvenile arrest and conviction, and adult conviction. Nonheterosexual girls were at particularly high risk. CONCLUSIONS: Nonheterosexual youth suffer disproportionate educational and criminal-justice punishments that are not explained by greater engagement in illegal or transgressive behaviors. Understanding and addressing these disparities might reduce school expulsions, arrests, and incarceration and their dire social and health consequences.

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Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study

2011

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“…Une façon de s'attaquer à la fusion entre la pensée et l'action est d'éduquer sur les dimensions de la sexualité. L'orientation sexuelle comporte plusieurs dimensions : l'attirance sexuelle, l'attirance émo-tive, le comportement et l'identité, et il n'y a pas nécessairement une concordance entre ces dimensions (Igartua et al, 2009). Par exemple, il est possible d'avoir des attirances émotives pour les femmes et des attirances sexuelles pour les hommes.…”

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Distinguer le processus d’acceptation d’une identité sexuelle minoritaire d’un trouble obsessionnel compulsif avec obsessions sexuelles

Igartua

2016

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“…This approach increases the possibilities of effective preventative and therapeutic interventions, including screening for HIV 35,36,37,38 .…”

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Experiências homossexuais de adolescentes: considerações para o atendimento em saúde

Taquette

Rodrigues

2015

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Objetivamos conhecer significados das práticas homoafetivas de adolescentes, tendo em vista contextos de vulnerabilidade que envolvem o exercício da sexualidade numa sociedade homofóbica. Realizamos entrevistas com nove rapazes e quatro moças que procuraram atendimento em saúde e relataram experiência homossexual. Para alguns rapazes, a experiência homossexual ocorreu de forma circunstancial, por curiosidade e experimentação; para outros, esteve associada à prostituição, e, para a maioria, relacionou-se à identidade homossexual autodeclarada. Nas moças, dois significados sobressaíram: a atividade homossexual associada ao amor e como possível reação à violência sexual sofrida antes do início da experiência homossexual. Todos os entrevistados revelaram nunca terem sido perguntados ou orientados acerca de homossexualidade nos serviços de saúde. O estudo evidencia a necessidade de uma política de atenção integral à saúde deste público, cuja sexualidade é diversa do padrão hegemônico da sociedade.

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Concordance and Discrepancy in Sexual Identity, Attraction, and Behavior Among Adolescents

Cited by 127 publications

References 28 publications

Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study

Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study

Distinguer le processus d’acceptation d’une identité sexuelle minoritaire d’un trouble obsessionnel compulsif avec obsessions sexuelles

Experiências homossexuais de adolescentes: considerações para o atendimento em saúde

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