%0 Journal Article %J Youth Soc %D 2014 %T Negative and Positive Factors Associated With the Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth. %A Higa, Darrel %A Hoppe, Marilyn J %A Lindhorst, Taryn %A Mincer, Shawn %A Beadnell, Blair %A Morrison, Diane M %A Wells, Elizabeth A %A Todd, Avry %A Mountz, Sarah %X

Factors associated with the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth were qualitatively examined to better understand how these factors are experienced from the youths' perspectives. Largely recruited from LGBTQ youth groups, 68 youth participated in focus groups (n = 63) or individual interviews (n = 5). The sample included 50% male, 47% female, and 3% transgender participants. Researchers used a consensual methods approach to identify negative and positive factors across 8 domains. Negative factors were associated with families, schools, religious institutions, and community or neighborhood; positive factors were associated with the youth's own identity development, peer networks, and involvement in the LGBTQ community. These findings suggest a pervasiveness of negative experiences in multiple contexts, and the importance of fostering a positive LGBTQ identity and supportive peer/community networks. Efforts should work towards reducing and eliminating the prejudicial sentiments often present in the institutions and situations that LGBTQ youth encounter.

%B Youth Soc %V 46 %P 663-687 %8 2014 Sep %G eng %N 5 %R 10.1177/0044118X12449630 %0 Journal Article %J J Adolesc %D 2013 %T Multidimensional characterization of sexual minority adolescents' sexual safety strategies. %A Masters, N Tatiana %A Beadnell, Blair %A Morrison, Diane M %A Hoppe, Marilyn J %A Wells, Elizabeth A %K Adolescent %K Bisexuality %K Female %K Homosexuality, Female %K Homosexuality, Male %K Humans %K Male %K Minority Groups %K Safe Sex %K Sexual Behavior %K Sexually Transmitted Diseases %K Surveys and Questionnaires %K Transgender Persons %X

Young adults have high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Sexual minority youths' risk for STIs, including HIV, is as high as or higher than sexual majority peers'. Sexual safety, while often treated as a single behavior such as condom use, can be best conceptualized as the result of multiple factors. We used latent class analysis to identify profiles based on ever-used sexual safety strategies and lifetime number of partners among 425 self-identified LGBTQ youth aged 14-19. Data collection took place anonymously online. We identified four specific subgroup profiles for males and three for females, with each subgroup representing a different level and type of sexual safety. Profiles differed from each other in terms of age and outness for males, and in outness, personal homonegativity, and amount of education received about sexual/romantic relationships for females. Youths' sexual safety profiles have practice implications for sexuality educators, health care professionals, and parents.

%B J Adolesc %V 36 %P 953-61 %8 2013 Oct %G eng %N 5 %R 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.07.008 %0 Journal Article %J Child Youth Serv Rev %D 2012 %T Social Services for Sexual Minority Youth: Preferences for What, Where, and How Services are Delivered. %A Wells, Elizabeth A %A Asakura, Kenta %A Hoppe, Marilyn J %A Balsam, Kimberly F %A Morrison, Diane M %A Beadnell, Blair %B Child Youth Serv Rev %V 36 %P 312-320 %8 2012 Feb 1 %G eng %N 2 %R 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.011 %0 Journal Article %J J Sex Res %D 2010 %T Comparison of daily and retrospective reports of vaginal sex in heterosexual men and women. %A Gillmore, Mary Rogers %A Leigh, Barbara C %A Hoppe, Marilyn J %A Morrison, Diane M %K Adolescent %K Adult %K Coitus %K Data Collection %K Female %K Heterosexuality %K Humans %K Interviews as Topic %K Male %K Medical Records %K Mental Recall %K Reproducibility of Results %K Surveys and Questionnaires %K Truth Disclosure %K Vagina %K Young Adult %X

This study examined the agreement between daily and retrospective reports of vaginal sex over a two-month period in a sample of 376 heterosexually active men and women. We also examined whether gender, age, or method of daily data collection (self-administered vs. interviewer administered) were related to agreement between daily and retrospective reports. Both counts and categorical measures of frequency of the behaviors were examined. There were no gender, age, or data collection method effects. When measured as a count, participants reported more instances of vaginal intercourse in the retrospective reports than on the daily reports. In contrast, comparison of retrospective categorical measures of frequency to daily reports showed considerable variability. Possible reasons for the over-reporting of counts of vaginal sex in retrospective reports are explored.

%B J Sex Res %V 47 %P 279-84 %8 2010 Jul %G eng %N 4 %R 10.1080/00224490903050584