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Robinson, Joseph P.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Educational Researcher, 2011
This study finds that, compared with straight-identified youth, youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) are at greater risk of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, victimization by peers, and elevated levels of unexcused absences from school. Results disaggregated by LGBTQ subgroups reveal heterogeneity…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Suicide, Psychology, Identification (Psychology)
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Poteat, V. Paul; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Koenig, Brian K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
In this study, heterosexual students' willingness to remain friends with peers who disclose that they are gay or lesbian and their willingness to attend schools that include gay and lesbian students were examined among two large middle school and high school samples (Sample 1: n = 20,509; 50.7% girls; Sample 2: n = 16,917; 50.2% girls). Boys were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Aggression, Females, Homosexuality