青少年在三年间的性身份认同、浪漫吸引和性行为的发展模式。
Developmental patterns of sexual identity, romantic attraction, and sexual behavior among adolescents over three years.
机构信息
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
出版信息
J Adolesc. 2019 Dec;77:90-97. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.10.006. Epub 2019 Nov 3.
INTRODUCTION
Adolescents are heterogeneous in how they define and experience their sexual orientation, which can include specific identity labels, romantic attractions, and other- and/or same-sex sexual behavior. These three components of sexual orientation are not always concordant, and studies suggest adolescents-particularly girls-are fluid in these dimensions of orientation over time. The current study examined: 1) fluidity in adolescent girls' and boys' self-labeled identities and romantic attractions over time, and 2) patterns of adolescent girls' and boys' self-labeled identities and romantic attractions as they coincide with sexual behavior.
METHODS
Surveys were administered to adolescents in three low-income high schools in the rural Southeastern U.S. at three yearly intervals (n = 744; M = 15.0; 54.3% girls; 48% White, 24% Hispanic/Latinx, 21% Black/African American). Participants reported their self-labeled sexual identity and romantic attraction at each time point and their lifetime sexual behavior with girls and boys at year 3.
RESULTS
Results revealed 26% of girls and 11% of boys reported fluidity in identity and 31% of girls and 10% of boys reported fluidity in attractions. At each time point, up to 20% of girls and 6% of boys reported a sexual minority identity label with concurrent same-sex attraction; the majority of these participants also reported same-sex behavior. Among heterosexual-identified participants reporting some degree of same-sex attraction at year 3, approximately 66% of girls and 10% of boys reported same-sex behavior.
CONCLUSIONS
The findings suggest that many adolescents are nuanced and dynamic in how they identify and experience their developing sexualities.
简介
青少年在定义和体验性取向方面存在差异，性取向包括特定的身份认同、浪漫吸引力以及异性恋和/或同性恋性行为。这三个性取向的组成部分并不总是一致的，研究表明，青少年——尤其是女孩——随着时间的推移在这些取向维度上具有流动性。本研究考察了：1）青少年女孩和男孩的自我认同身份和浪漫吸引力随时间的变化；2）青少年女孩和男孩的自我认同身份和浪漫吸引力与性行为一致的模式。
方法
在东南农村地区的三所低收入高中，每隔一年对青少年进行调查（n=744；M=15.0；54.3%为女生；48%为白人，24%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔，21%为黑人/非裔美国人）。参与者在每个时间点报告自己的性认同身份和浪漫吸引力，并在第 3 年报告自己与女孩和男孩的终生性行为。
结果
结果显示，26%的女孩和 11%的男孩报告身份认同发生变化，31%的女孩和 10%的男孩报告吸引力发生变化。在每个时间点，多达 20%的女孩和 6%的男孩报告具有性少数身份认同，同时伴有同性吸引力；这些参与者中的大多数也报告了同性行为。在报告第 3 年存在某种程度同性吸引力的异性恋认同参与者中，大约 66%的女孩和 10%的男孩报告有同性行为。
结论
研究结果表明，许多青少年在识别和体验他们不断发展的性取向方面具有细微和动态的特点。
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