Poteat V Paul, Heck Nicholas C, Yoshikawa Hirokazu, Calzo Jerel P
Boston College.
Marquette University.
Am Educ Res J. 2016 Dec;53(6):1732-1758. doi: 10.3102/0002831216674804. Epub 2016 Oct 23.
Using youth program models to frame the study of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), we identified individual and structural predictors of greater engagement in these settings with a cross-sectional sample of 295 youth in 33 GSAs from the 2014 Massachusetts GSA Network Survey (69% LGBQ, 68% cisgen-der female, 68% White, = 16.07). Multilevel modeling results indicated that members who perceived more support/socializing from their GSA, had more LGB friends, were longer serving members, and were in GSAs with more open and respectful climates reported greater engagement. Further, there was a curvilinear association between organizational structure in the GSA and engagement: Perceptions of more structure were associated with greater engagement to a point, after which greater structure was related to less engagement.
利用青少年项目模型来构建对同性恋异性恋联盟(GSA)的研究,我们从2014年马萨诸塞州GSA网络调查的33个GSA中抽取了295名青少年的横断面样本,确定了在这些环境中更高参与度的个体和结构预测因素(69%为LGBQ,68%为顺性别女性,68%为白人,平均年龄 = 16.07岁)。多层次建模结果表明,那些从其GSA中感受到更多支持/社交、有更多LGB朋友、服务时间更长且所在GSA氛围更开放和尊重的成员报告了更高的参与度。此外,GSA的组织结构与参与度之间存在曲线关联:对更多结构的认知在一定程度上与更高的参与度相关,超过这一点后,更多的结构则与更低的参与度相关。