TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts Among Sexual Minority Youth: Evidence from the Add Health Study
JO  - Journal of gay and lesbian mental health
A1  - Russell, S.T.
A1  - Toomey, R.B.
SP  - 132
EP  - 149
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - Sexual minority youth are at greater risk for suicidal thoughts compared to heterosexual youth: Directions for prevention and intervention are urgently needed. Few studies have examined a broad range of risk and protective factors that may explain this disparate risk. This study utilized the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine which protective and risk factors for suicidal thoughts behaved distinctly in sexual minority adolescents compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Although many risk factors did not differ for heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents, we found several that were statistically significant for predicting later suicidal thoughts for sexual minorities: personal and friends' school connections, friendship activities, and maternal caring. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-9705
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2012.753398
ID  - ref1
ER  -