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Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirming School Climate and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Adolescents.
Prev Sci. 2021 Feb; 22(2):227-236.PS

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts sexual minority adolescents at rates equal to or greater than the rate it impacts heterosexual adolescents. We investigated whether reports of physical and sexual IPV were less frequent in school jurisdictions with more affirming climates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students; and whether these associations varied for sexual orientation subgroups. We combined student-level data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys on demographics and experiences with physical and sexual IPV with jurisdiction-level data from the 2014 School Health Profiles on LGBTQ-affirming school climate. Multilevel logistic regression models examined associations between LGBTQ-affirming school climates and IPV. We stratified our data by sex and examined whether these associations differed by sexual orientation subgroups using cross-level interaction terms between school climate and sexual orientation (assessed via sexual identity and behavior). Sexual minority youth were more likely to report experiencing past-year physical and sexual IPV than their heterosexual counterparts. Attending schools with more LGBTQ-affirming climates reduced the likelihood of reporting physical IPV, but not sexual IPV, for female students. More LGBTQ-affirming school climates increased risk for sexual IPV among gay male students. Establishing LGBTQ-affirming school climates may reduce physical IPV for female students, but may have unintended consequences on sexual IPV prevalence for gay male students. More work is necessary to ensure that these climates are affirming for all sexual minority students and to address sexual violence prevention.

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Adams BJ
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 3520 Fifth Avenue, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. brian.adams@pitt.edu. Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. brian.adams@pitt.edu.
Turner B
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Wang X
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marro R
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Miller E
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Phillips G
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Coulter RWS
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

MeSH

AdolescentBullyingCrime VictimsFemaleHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceMaleOrganizational CultureSchoolsSexual and Gender Minorities

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

33219902

Citation

Adams, Brian J., et al. "Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirming School Climate and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Adolescents." Prevention Science : the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, vol. 22, no. 2, 2021, pp. 227-236.
Adams BJ, Turner B, Wang X, et al. Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirming School Climate and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Adolescents. Prev Sci. 2021;22(2):227-236.
Adams, B. J., Turner, B., Wang, X., Marro, R., Miller, E., Phillips, G., & Coulter, R. W. S. (2021). Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirming School Climate and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Adolescents. Prevention Science : the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 22(2), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01192-6
Adams BJ, et al. Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirming School Climate and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Adolescents. Prev Sci. 2021;22(2):227-236. PubMed PMID: 33219902.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirming School Climate and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Adolescents. AU - Adams,Brian J, AU - Turner,Blair, AU - Wang,Xinzi, AU - Marro,Rachel, AU - Miller,Elizabeth, AU - Phillips,Gregory,2nd AU - Coulter,Robert W S, Y1 - 2020/11/21/ PY - 2020/11/12/accepted PY - 2020/11/22/pubmed PY - 2021/10/15/medline PY - 2020/11/21/entrez KW - Adolescence KW - Dating violence KW - Intimate partner violence KW - School climate KW - Sexual minority youth SP - 227 EP - 236 JF - Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research JO - Prev Sci VL - 22 IS - 2 N2 - Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts sexual minority adolescents at rates equal to or greater than the rate it impacts heterosexual adolescents. We investigated whether reports of physical and sexual IPV were less frequent in school jurisdictions with more affirming climates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students; and whether these associations varied for sexual orientation subgroups. We combined student-level data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys on demographics and experiences with physical and sexual IPV with jurisdiction-level data from the 2014 School Health Profiles on LGBTQ-affirming school climate. Multilevel logistic regression models examined associations between LGBTQ-affirming school climates and IPV. We stratified our data by sex and examined whether these associations differed by sexual orientation subgroups using cross-level interaction terms between school climate and sexual orientation (assessed via sexual identity and behavior). Sexual minority youth were more likely to report experiencing past-year physical and sexual IPV than their heterosexual counterparts. Attending schools with more LGBTQ-affirming climates reduced the likelihood of reporting physical IPV, but not sexual IPV, for female students. More LGBTQ-affirming school climates increased risk for sexual IPV among gay male students. Establishing LGBTQ-affirming school climates may reduce physical IPV for female students, but may have unintended consequences on sexual IPV prevalence for gay male students. More work is necessary to ensure that these climates are affirming for all sexual minority students and to address sexual violence prevention. SN - 1573-6695 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/33219902/Associations_Between_LGBTQ_Affirming_School_Climate_and_Intimate_Partner_Violence_Victimization_Among_Adolescents_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -