Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, University of Connecticut, One Constitution Plaza, Suite 600, Hartford, CT, 06103, USA.
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, 348 Mansfield Road, U-1058, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2020 May;49(5):1094-1109. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01205-1. Epub 2020 Apr 3.
Adolescents identifying as sexual and/or gender minorities face many challenges at school due to stigma-based peer harassment. This study examined the extent to which sexual and gender minority adolescents experience bias-based bullying across a range of stigmatized identities and attributes, as well as the potential of gay-straight alliances (GSAs, also referred to as gender-sexuality alliances) to reduce simultaneously multiple forms of bias-based bullying, and in turn support school adjustment. Using a United States sample of diverse sexual and gender minority adolescents (N = 17,112; M = 15.57, SD = 1.27), multiple mediation analyses indicated lower levels of multiple forms of bias-based bullying (based on body weight, gender, religion, disability, gender typicality, sexuality) at schools with versus without GSAs, and in turn higher perceived school safety, as well as higher grades and reduced school suspension (due to less weight- and sexuality-based bullying). The findings shed light on the broad-reaching stigma-reduction potential of GSAs.
由于基于污名的同伴欺凌，认同为性少数群体和/或性别少数群体的青少年在学校面临许多挑战。本研究考察了性少数群体和性别少数群体青少年在一系列受污名化的身份和特征方面经历基于偏见的欺凌的程度，以及男女同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者联盟（也称为性别-性联盟）减少同时多种形式的基于偏见的欺凌的可能性，从而支持学校调整。本研究使用了美国多样化的性少数群体和性别少数群体青少年样本（N=17112；M=15.57，SD=1.27），多项中介分析表明，在有和没有男女同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者联盟的学校中，基于体重、性别、宗教、残疾、性别典型性、性取向的多种形式的基于偏见的欺凌程度较低，而学校安全感较高，成绩较高，停学（由于体重和性取向的欺凌减少）减少。这些发现揭示了男女同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者联盟在广泛减少污名方面的潜力。
