Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts Among Sexual Minority Youth: Evidence from the Add Health Study

Stephen T. Russell; Russell B. Toomey

doi:10.1080/19359705.2012.753398

Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts Among Sexual Minority Youth: Evidence from the Add Health Study

Stephen T. Russell, Russell B. Toomey

Family and Consumer Sciences, School of

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Abstract

Sexual minority youth are at greater risk for suicidal thoughts compared to heterosexual youth: Directions for prevention and intervention are urgently needed. Few studies have examined a broad range of risk and protective factors that may explain this disparate risk. This study utilized the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine which protective and risk factors for suicidal thoughts behaved distinctly in sexual minority adolescents compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Although many risk factors did not differ for heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents, we found several that were statistically significant for predicting later suicidal thoughts for sexual minorities: personal and friends' school connections, friendship activities, and maternal caring.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	132-149
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2012.753398
State	Published - Apr 2013

Keywords

sexual minority
suicide ideation
youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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