The Effects of General and Homophobic Victimization on Adolescents' Psychosocial and Educational Concerns: The Importance of Intersecting Identities and Parent Support
The Effects of General and Homophobic Victimization on Adolescents' Psychosocial and Educational Concerns: The Importance of Intersecting Identities and Parent Support
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DOI：
10.1037/a0025095
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发表时间：
2011-10-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Koenig, Brian W.
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作者：
Poteat, V. Paul;Mereish, Ethan H.;Koenig, Brian W.
许多青少年经历同伴受害，这往往可能是同性恋恐惧症。应用少数民族压力模型，注意交叉的社会身份，本研究测试了一般和同性恋恐惧症的受害对几个教育成果的影响，通过自杀和学校归属感之间的15,923名青少年在7至12年级，由于他们的性取向和种族/民族。父母的支持也被测试为这些影响的调节者。同性恋恐惧症的受害对不同群体的自杀行为有不同的影响，这表明考虑个人多重社会身份的重要性。然而，恐同受害对所有群体的学校归属感产生了普遍的负面影响。几乎所有的间接影响，一般和同性恋恐惧症的受害报告成绩，逃学，毕业的重要性是通过自杀和学校归属感跨群体显着。父母的支持是最一致的一般和同性恋的受害对异性恋白色和种族/少数民族青年的自杀倾向的缓和的影响。在几乎所有的情况下，它并没有缓和一般或同性恋恐惧症受害的女同性恋者，男同性恋者，双性恋者，变性者和质疑青年的影响。此外，在大多数情况下，家长的支持并没有缓和一般或同性恋的受害对学校归属感的影响。调查结果强调，需要咨询心理学家与所有青少年的父母合作，为那些经历同性恋恐惧症受害者提供支持。此外，他们强调需要咨询心理学家作为社会正义的倡导者参与通过和实施学校政策，解决同性恋欺凌和其他形式的基于偏见的欺凌和骚扰。
Many adolescents experience peer victimization, which often can be homophobic. Applying the minority stress model with attention to intersecting social identities, this study tested the effects of general and homophobic victimization on several educational outcomes through suicidality and school belonging among 15,923 adolescents in Grades 7 through 12 on account of their sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. Parent support also was tested as a moderator of these effects. Homophobic victimization had different effects on suicidality across groups, indicating the importance of considering individuals' multiple social identities. However, homophobic victimization had universal negative effects on school belonging for all groups. Nearly all indirect effects of general and homophobic victimization on reported grades, truancy, and importance of graduating were significant through suicidality and school belonging across groups. Parent support was most consistent in moderating the effects of general and homophobic victimization on suicidality for heterosexual White and racial/ethnic minority youth. In nearly all cases, it did not moderate the effects of general or homophobic victimization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Furthermore, in most cases, parent support did not moderate the effects of general or homophobic victimization on school belonging. Findings underscore the need for counseling psychologists to work with parents of all youth on ways to provide support to those who experience homophobic victimization. Furthermore, they highlight the need for counseling psychologists to be involved as social justice advocates in the passage and implementation of school policies that address homophobic bullying and other forms of bias-based bullying and harassment.