Growing Up With the Right to Marry: Sexual Attraction, Substance Use, and Well-Being of Dutch Adolescents

Kuyper, Lisette; Roos, Simone de; Iedema, Jurjen

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.010

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“…Combining reports across the study period, the vast majority of both boys and girls reported being only attracted to the opposite sex (98.1% of boys and 95.3% of girls) at some point; the frequency of any‐same sex attraction endorsed over the 3 years of the study period was higher for girls than boys (13.8% and 12.0%, respectively). These rates and variations by gender are in keeping with other studies of youth from the United States and internationally where girls report greater rates of same‐sex attraction (Kuyper, de Roos, Iedema, & Stevens, ; Lucassen et al, ; Narring, Huwiler, & Michaud, ; Remafedi, Resnick, Blum, & Harris, ).…”

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Developmental Trends in Sexual Attraction Among Puerto Rican Early Adolescents in Two Contexts

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Sexual attraction (SA), the earliest stage of sexual orientation, is scarcely studied. This prospective study examined, over 3 years, prevalence, changes in SA, and the role of context, among 946 Puerto Rican youth, aged 11–13 years at initial assessment in the South Bronx (SBx), New York City, and Puerto Rico (PR). Overall, 98.1% of boys and 95.3% of girls reported opposite‐sex only SA at some point, whereas 13.8% of girls and 12.0% of boys reported any‐same SA. Opposite‐sex only SA increased over time, whereas other SAs decreased except for any same‐sex SA among SBx girls. Girls in the SBx and younger youth in PR reported more any same‐sex SA. Context and culture may play a role in the developmental trajectories of adolescents’ SA.

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“…Findings from the Dutch HBSC study show that asking young people about the general term “attraction” is appropriate (Kuyper et al., 2016). Therefore, it may be worthwhile asking adolescents directly about attraction, and to examine its overlap with the feeling of love for different gender partners.…”

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“…The 2009/10 HBSC questionnaires in Finland, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland included questions on gender of love partners, and findings on Dutch and Icelandic adolescents have been reported (Kuyper, de Roos, Iedema, & Stevens, 2016; Thorsteinsson, Loi, Sveinbjornsdottir, & Arnarsson, 2017). However, differences in question wording did not make cross‐national analyses possible.…”

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Love and Dating Patterns for Same‐ and Both‐Gender Attracted Adolescents Across Europe

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Sexual orientation is a multidimensional phenomenon, which includes identity, behavior, and attraction. The attraction component, however, is less studied than the other two. In this article, we present the development of a two‐item measure to identify adolescents who prefer same‐ and both‐gender partners for love and dating. The questions were administered to nationally representative samples of 15‐year‐old adolescents in eight European countries and regions participating in the Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children (HBSC) cross‐national study. The distribution of attraction, as operationalized by preference for the gender of love and dating partners, was similar across countries. These questions offer an alternative or supplementary approach to identify same‐ and both‐gender attracted youth, without administering questions related to sexual identity.

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“…Fourth, in many studies those who are unsure about or do not want to disclose their sexual orientation are excluded from the analyses. 32 Finally, although some national studies have been conducted on the health of SMY in Europe, for instance, in Iceland, 33,34 Ireland, [35][36][37] The Netherlands, 38 and the United Kingdom, 39 most of the existing findings are from North America, and it remains unclear whether their findings can be generalized to other countries and cultures. 40,41 This study investigates associations between patterns of romantic love and self-rated health and multiple health symptoms, in nationally representative samples of 15-year-old adolescents in eight European countries and regions.…”

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Self-Reported Health and Patterns of Romantic Love in Adolescents from Eight European Countries and Regions

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Purpose: Sexual minority youth (SMY) are at increased risk of poor health, but it remains unclear whether this phenomenon is universal. In this study, nationally representative samples of 15-year olds from eight European countries and regions were investigated to test if adolescents who have been in love with same-or both-gender partners report poorer health than those exclusively in love with opposite-gender partners or who have never been in love. Methods: A subsample of 13,674 adolescents participating in the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study was used. We conducted binary logistic regression, adjusted for gender, region, and relative family affluence, to analyze associations between self-reported romantic love, multiple psychosomatic symptoms, and poor self-rated health. Results: Adolescents reporting same-gender love (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.50, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.11-2.02) and both-gender love (aOR = 3.57, 95% CI: 2.65-4.83) had significantly higher odds for multiple psychosomatic symptoms than those who reported opposite-gender love. Similarly, both SMY groups had higher odds of poor self-rated health (aOR = 2.95, 95% CI: 1.64-5.31 and aOR = 3.08, 95% CI: 1.79-5.31, respectively). Those who reported that they have never been in love had significantly lower odds for multiple symptoms. Adjustment for sociodemographic variables and stratifying by gender did not substantially change the odds ratios. Conclusion: Adolescents in love with same-and both-gender partners reported poorer subjective health outcomes than those in love with opposite-gender partners or who reported never being in love, suggesting that SMY health inequalities are found across various European countries and regions.

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Growing Up With the Right to Marry: Sexual Attraction, Substance Use, and Well-Being of Dutch Adolescents

Cited by 20 publications

References 28 publications

Developmental Trends in Sexual Attraction Among Puerto Rican Early Adolescents in Two Contexts

Developmental Trends in Sexual Attraction Among Puerto Rican Early Adolescents in Two Contexts

Love and Dating Patterns for Same‐ and Both‐Gender Attracted Adolescents Across Europe

Self-Reported Health and Patterns of Romantic Love in Adolescents from Eight European Countries and Regions

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