University of Connecticut.
National Cancer Institute.
J Res Adolesc. 2020 Feb;30 Suppl 2:431-442. doi: 10.1111/jora.12488. Epub 2019 Feb 13.
Adolescence is a time of identity exploration, and preliminary evidence indicates the ways adolescents are describing their sexual and gender identities (SOGI) are changing. A nuanced understanding of SOGI is necessary for valid assessment in developmental research. Current measures do not capture the diversity of emerging identities among young people. Our study analyzed a national sample of 17,112 sexual and gender minority adolescents (13-17 years) to better understand how identity labels are reported across sexual, gender, and ethnoracial minorities. Adolescents reported 26 distinct SOGI categories; 24% of adolescents utilized nontraditional SOGI labels, such as pansexual and nonbinary. These identifications varied significantly as a function of ethnoracial identity. Results have implications for how scholars conceptualize and measure SOGI among adolescents.
青春期是一个探索身份认同的时期，初步证据表明，青少年描述自己的性和性别认同（SOGI）的方式正在发生变化。为了在发展研究中进行有效的评估，需要对 SOGI 有细致的了解。目前的测量方法无法捕捉到年轻人中新兴身份认同的多样性。我们的研究分析了一个由 17112 名性少数和性别少数青少年（13-17 岁）组成的全国性样本，以更好地了解身份标签在性、性别和族裔少数群体中的报告方式。青少年报告了 26 种不同的 SOGI 类别；24%的青少年使用非传统的 SOGI 标签，如泛性恋和非二元性别。这些认同因族裔身份而有显著差异。研究结果对学者如何在青少年中概念化和衡量 SOGI 具有启示意义。
