The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland
Background: Research has suggested that sexual minorities have higher rates of migration (i.e., changes in residential locations) than heterosexual individuals suggesting that homosexual individuals aspire to remove themselves from potentially toxic environments that are anathema to their wellbeing....
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ftunivnewengland:oai:rune.une.edu.au:1959.11/26904 2023-08-27T04:10:12+02:00 The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha M orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Arnarsson, Arsaell 2018 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26904 en eng Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) 10.13140/RG.2.2.28740.99205/1 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26904 une:1959.11/26904 http://www.hbsc.org/news/index.aspx?ni=4993 Conference Publication 2018 ftunivnewengland 2023-08-10T19:34:44Z Background: Research has suggested that sexual minorities have higher rates of migration (i.e., changes in residential locations) than heterosexual individuals suggesting that homosexual individuals aspire to remove themselves from potentially toxic environments that are anathema to their wellbeing. Objective(s): To examine whether lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) adolescents (boys and girls) were more likely than heterosexual adolescents or adolescents of unknown sexual orientation to be unhappy with their place of residency and want to change residential location within the same country or even relocate permanently overseas. Methods: Data from the Icelandic Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in 2009/10 for year 10 students was examined. The sample totaled 3,774 participants or about 78.5% of the total population in this age group. Results: LGB girls were more likely to be very unhappy with their current place of residency than heterosexual girls or girls of unknown sexual orientation. However, these girls were no more likely to want to leave their current place of residency than other girls. LGB boys were unhappier with their current residency and more inclined to want to leave and migrate overseas permanently than heterosexual boys or boys of unknown sexual orientation. Conclusions: LGB girls seem no more likely to leave their current place of residency than their female counterparts while LGB boys are more like to want to migrate than their male counterparts. Conference Object Iceland Research UNE - University of New England at Armidale, NSW Australia |
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Background: Research has suggested that sexual minorities have higher rates of migration (i.e., changes in residential locations) than heterosexual individuals suggesting that homosexual individuals aspire to remove themselves from potentially toxic environments that are anathema to their wellbeing. Objective(s): To examine whether lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) adolescents (boys and girls) were more likely than heterosexual adolescents or adolescents of unknown sexual orientation to be unhappy with their place of residency and want to change residential location within the same country or even relocate permanently overseas. Methods: Data from the Icelandic Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in 2009/10 for year 10 students was examined. The sample totaled 3,774 participants or about 78.5% of the total population in this age group. Results: LGB girls were more likely to be very unhappy with their current place of residency than heterosexual girls or girls of unknown sexual orientation. However, these girls were no more likely to want to leave their current place of residency than other girls. LGB boys were unhappier with their current residency and more inclined to want to leave and migrate overseas permanently than heterosexual boys or boys of unknown sexual orientation. Conclusions: LGB girls seem no more likely to leave their current place of residency than their female counterparts while LGB boys are more like to want to migrate than their male counterparts. |
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Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha M orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Arnarsson, Arsaell The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland |
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Thorsteinsson, Einar B School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Loi, Natasha M orcid:0000-0002-3561-1974 Arnarsson, Arsaell |
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The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland |
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The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland |
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The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland |
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The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland |
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The effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in Iceland |
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effect of sexual orientation on satisfaction with place of residency and future migration plans of adolescents in iceland |
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Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) |
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