ERIC Number: EJ1355561
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1088-8691
EISSN: EISSN-1532-480X
Youth Advocacy Varies in Relation to Adult Advisor Characteristics and Practices in Gender-Sexuality Alliances
V. Paul Poteat; Michael D. O'Brien; Megan K. Yang; Sarah B. Rosenbach; Arthur Lipkin
Applied Developmental Science, v26 n3 p460-470 2022
With growing attention to youth's efforts to address sexual and gender diversity issues in gender-sexuality alliances (GSAs), there remains limited research on adult advisors. Do advisor characteristics predict their youth members' advocacy? Among 58 advisors of 38 GSAs, we considered whether advisor attributes predicted greater advocacy by youth in these GSAs (n = 366) over the school year. GSAs varied in youth advocacy over the year. Youth in GSAs whose advisors reported longer years of service, devoted more time to GSA efforts each week, and employed more structure to meetings (to a point, with a curvilinear effect), reported greater relative increases in advocacy over the year (adjusting for initial advocacy and total meetings that year). Relative changes in advocacy were not associated with whether advisors received a stipend, training, or whether GSAs had co-advisors. Continued research should consider how advisors of GSAs and other social justice-oriented groups foster youth advocacy.
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Gender Issues, Advocacy, Mentors, LGBTQ People, Individual Characteristics, Youth, Attitudes, Prediction, Social Justice
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Related Records: ED651946
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) (DHHS/NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01MD009458; R305B140037