The decade between 1998 and 2008 saw rapid increases in research on adolescent sexual
orientation development and related health issues, both in the quantity and in the quality of …

Some studies suggest lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) teens are at higher risk than peers
for violence at home, in school, and in the community. That can bring them into the child …

PURPOSE: To examine the performance of various items measuring sexual orientation
within 8 school-based adolescent health surveys in the United States and Canada from 1986 …

Objectives. We compared protective factors among bisexual adolescents with those of
heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, and gay or lesbian adolescents. Methods. We analyzed 6 …

Context: Although a limited amount of research has retrospectively explored the childhood
and adolescent heterosexual experiences of lesbians, little is known about the prevalence of …

This study explored the relationships between the existence of and length of time since
implementation of school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) and explicit anti-homophobic …

… Elizabeth M. Saewyc is associate professor, Lara Leanne Magee is research assistant and
Sandra E. Pettingell is research associate, all at the Center for Adolescent Nursing, University …

PURPOSE: To examine effects of the Runaway Intervention Program (RIP), a strengths-based
home visiting, case management, and group support program for sexually assaulted or …

This study explored the prevalence, disparity, and cohort trends in suicidality among bisexual
teens vs. heterosexual and gay/lesbian peers in 9 population-based high school surveys …

Objectives. We compared sexual-minority adolescents living in rural communities with their
peers in urban areas in British Columbia, exploring differences in emotional health, …