@article{ref1,
title="Associations between verbal and physical abuse in the home and mental health indicators among heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning high school students in the US-Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, 2021",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2023",
author="Ethier, Kathleen A. and Jones, Sherry Everett and Shear, Emily Kilbourn and Dittus, Patricia J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: A number of factors may contribute to disparities in mental health and suicidality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) students, including parental abuse. <br><br>METHODS: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey included a nationally representative sample of US high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current analyses examined experiences of verbal and physical abuse in the home with mental health and suicidality among LGBQ students compared to heterosexual students. <br><br>RESULTS: The relationship between abuse and mental health and suicidality was significant for all students; however, LGBQ students experienced substantially more abuse and had significantly poorer mental health and greater suicidality than heterosexual students. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Experiencing verbal or physical abuse in the home is strongly associated with poor mental health and suicidality among youth, regardless of sexual identity; however, among LGBQ students who experienced abuse, the prevalence of poor mental health and suicidality reached crisis levels.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.07.028",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.07.028"
}