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 | |
| State | Published - Apr 2013 |
Keywords
- sexual minority
- suicide ideation
- youth
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health