Citation

Day JK, Ioverno S, Russell ST. J. Sch. Psychol. 2019; 74: 29-43.

Affiliation

Department of Human Ecology, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, United States of America; Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 116 Inner Campus Dr Stop G6000, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America. Electronic address: stephen.russell@utexas.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Society for the Study of School Psychology, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jsp.2019.05.007

PMID

31213230

Abstract

Inclusive policies that attend to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) are associated with more supportive school environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. We use the 2013-2015 California Healthy Kids Survey (n = 113,148) matched with principal reports of school policies from the 2014 California School Health Profiles to examine differential effects of SOGI-focused policies for LGB and transgender youth. SOGI-focused policies had a direct association with less truancy, and moderated the association between sexual orientation/gender identity and other school outcomes. SOGI-focused policies were associated with more positive experiences and perceptions of school climate for LGB youth and, to a lesser extent, transgender youth.

FINDINGS underscore the importance of inclusive policies, especially those that address the unique needs of transgender students.

Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

Academic achievement; Bullying and harassment; Gender identity; School policy; Sexual orientation; Truancy and absenteeism