Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014
Background: Minority sexual orientation may add additional stresses to the period of adolescence thus affecting mental health and wellbeing. Method: The whole population of year 10 students in 2006, 2010, and 2014 in Iceland were surveyed as part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC...
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ftunivnewengland:oai:rune.une.edu.au:1959.11/22167 2023-08-27T04:10:11+02:00 Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun Arnarsson, Arsaell 2017 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22167 en eng Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 10.1111/sjop.12402 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22167 une:22357 Health Clinical and Counselling Psychology Gender Psychology Developmental Psychology and Ageing Journal Article 2017 ftunivnewengland 2023-08-10T19:19:37Z Background: Minority sexual orientation may add additional stresses to the period of adolescence thus affecting mental health and wellbeing. Method: The whole population of year 10 students in 2006, 2010, and 2014 in Iceland were surveyed as part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. About 3.1%, 3.6%, and 4.4% were identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) in 2006, 2010, and 2014, respectively. Given the sampling proportions, the results reflect parameters (population values) rather than statistics (sample values). Results: LGB adolescents were worse off across most of the outcome variables across the three surveys as compared with adolescents of unknown sexual orientation (USO). However, the gap between LGB and USO adolescents appears to be closing, at least for the 2010 to 2014 change, suggesting that outcomes for LGB adolescents have improved compared to four years earlier. Social support, liking school and oneâs classmates, being bullied, and physical and mental health all seem to play an important part in life satisfaction and general wellbeing. Conclusion: While advances have been made for LGB adolescents, gaps between LGB and USO adolescents still exist and need to be closed through evidence-based school and society-wide programs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Research UNE - University of New England at Armidale, NSW Australia |
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Health Clinical and Counselling Psychology Gender Psychology Developmental Psychology and Ageing Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun Arnarsson, Arsaell Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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Background: Minority sexual orientation may add additional stresses to the period of adolescence thus affecting mental health and wellbeing. Method: The whole population of year 10 students in 2006, 2010, and 2014 in Iceland were surveyed as part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. About 3.1%, 3.6%, and 4.4% were identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) in 2006, 2010, and 2014, respectively. Given the sampling proportions, the results reflect parameters (population values) rather than statistics (sample values). Results: LGB adolescents were worse off across most of the outcome variables across the three surveys as compared with adolescents of unknown sexual orientation (USO). However, the gap between LGB and USO adolescents appears to be closing, at least for the 2010 to 2014 change, suggesting that outcomes for LGB adolescents have improved compared to four years earlier. Social support, liking school and oneâs classmates, being bullied, and physical and mental health all seem to play an important part in life satisfaction and general wellbeing. Conclusion: While advances have been made for LGB adolescents, gaps between LGB and USO adolescents still exist and need to be closed through evidence-based school and society-wide programs. |
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Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun Arnarsson, Arsaell |
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Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun Arnarsson, Arsaell |
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Thorsteinsson, Einar B |
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Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: Changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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sexual orientation among icelandic year 10 adolescents: changes in health and life satisfaction from 2006 to 2014 |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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