Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014
Research suggests that mental health and wellbeing can be adversely affected in minority sexual orientation adolescents. The total population of 16 year olds in Iceland were surveyed in 2006, 2010, and 2014. Of those, about 3.1%, 3.6%, and 4.4%, respectively, identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual...
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ftunivnewengland:oai:rune.une.edu.au:1959.11/23289 2023-08-27T04:10:12+02:00 Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 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/1959.11/23289 en eng Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23289 une:23473 Health Clinical and Counselling Psychology Developmental Psychology and Ageing Conference Publication 2017 ftunivnewengland 2023-08-10T19:40:39Z Research suggests that mental health and wellbeing can be adversely affected in minority sexual orientation adolescents. The total population of 16 year olds in Iceland were surveyed in 2006, 2010, and 2014. Of those, about 3.1%, 3.6%, and 4.4%, respectively, identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). Participants completed questions relating to school and life satisfaction (including liking school and classmate friendliness and acceptance); bullying (whether they had been bullied or been a bully); family's financial situation; social support (from friends and family); general health and condom use; and drug use. Results indicated that compared to adolescents of unknown sexual orientation, LGB adolescents tended to experience more negative outcomes across all three time points. They disliked school and experienced lower classmate acceptance; had lower life satisfaction; were more likely to be bullied or be a bully; had a worse family financial situation; had less social support from friends and family; and a greater prevalence of drug use and worse overall general health. However, this disparity appears to be receding. From 2010 to 2014, some positive changes were observed for LGB adolescents, including an increased liking of school; reductions in being bullied or bullying others; improvements in the family financial situation; increased social support from family and friends; and reduced drug use. While improvements in wellbeing and health are beginning to occur, gaps still exist and could be addressed via school-and society-based programs. Conference Object Iceland Research UNE - University of New England at Armidale, NSW Australia |
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Research suggests that mental health and wellbeing can be adversely affected in minority sexual orientation adolescents. The total population of 16 year olds in Iceland were surveyed in 2006, 2010, and 2014. Of those, about 3.1%, 3.6%, and 4.4%, respectively, identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). Participants completed questions relating to school and life satisfaction (including liking school and classmate friendliness and acceptance); bullying (whether they had been bullied or been a bully); family's financial situation; social support (from friends and family); general health and condom use; and drug use. Results indicated that compared to adolescents of unknown sexual orientation, LGB adolescents tended to experience more negative outcomes across all three time points. They disliked school and experienced lower classmate acceptance; had lower life satisfaction; were more likely to be bullied or be a bully; had a worse family financial situation; had less social support from friends and family; and a greater prevalence of drug use and worse overall general health. However, this disparity appears to be receding. From 2010 to 2014, some positive changes were observed for LGB adolescents, including an increased liking of school; reductions in being bullied or bullying others; improvements in the family financial situation; increased social support from family and friends; and reduced drug use. While improvements in wellbeing and health are beginning to occur, gaps still exist and could be addressed via school-and society-based 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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Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014 |
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Sexual orientation and health among Icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014 |
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sexual orientation and health among icelandic year 10 adolescents: 2006 to 2014 |
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