Cup Vera H, Bos Henny M W, Stevens Gonneke W J M, de Looze Margreet E
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sexual and Gender diversity in Families and youth, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 May;54(5):1191-1204. doi: 10.1007/s10964-024-02124-1. Epub 2024 Dec 24.
Research shows that both-sex attracted adults have poorer mental health than other- and same-sex attracted adults, but evidence regarding whether similar disparities exist among adolescents remains limited. To investigate this, the current study examines differences in life satisfaction and emotional problems between both-, other- and same-sex attracted adolescents. It also studies whether bullying victimization can explain these differences and whether the associations vary by gender and age. Cross-sectional data from the nationally-representative Dutch Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in 2017 and 2021 were analyzed, including 11,683 adolescents (M = 14.7, SD = 1.60; 49.7% girls). Both-sex attracted adolescents (n = 507, 4.3%) report lower life satisfaction and more emotional problems than their other- (n = 10,930, 93.6%) and same-sex attracted peers (n = 246, 2.1%). Bullying victimization partially explains the mental health disparities between both- and other-sex attracted adolescents, yet does not account for differences between both- and same-sex attracted peers. The links between romantic attraction and mental health outcomes were similar across gender and age, but differences existed concerning bullying victimization. The results suggest that both-sex attracted adolescents are a unique group that deserves special attention in the literature on mental health disparities.
研究表明，双性恋成年人的心理健康状况比异性恋和同性恋成年人更差，但关于青少年中是否存在类似差异的证据仍然有限。为了对此进行调查，本研究考察了双性恋、异性恋和同性恋青少年在生活满意度和情绪问题方面的差异。研究还探讨了受欺凌情况是否能解释这些差异，以及这些关联是否因性别和年龄而异。对2017年和2021年进行的具有全国代表性的荷兰学龄儿童健康行为（HBSC）研究的横断面数据进行了分析，其中包括11683名青少年（平均年龄M = 14.7岁，标准差SD = 1.60；49.7%为女孩）。双性恋青少年（n = 507，占4.3%）报告的生活满意度低于异性恋（n = 10930，占93.6%）和同性恋同龄人（n = 246，占2.1%），且情绪问题更多。受欺凌情况部分解释了双性恋和异性恋青少年之间的心理健康差异，但无法解释双性恋和同性恋同龄人之间的差异。浪漫吸引力与心理健康结果之间的联系在性别和年龄上相似，但在受欺凌情况方面存在差异。结果表明，双性恋青少年是一个独特的群体，在心理健康差异的文献中值得特别关注。
