Sexual orientation and mental health in a birth cohort of young adults

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 971-981

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a   Ridder, Elizabeth M ^a   Beautrais, Annette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 22544485693     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704004222     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Armsden, G. C. & Greenberg, M. T. (1987). The inventory of parent and peer attachment: individual differences and their relationship to psychological well-being in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 16, 427-454.
2. Bagley, C. & Tremblay, P. (1997). Suicidal behaviors in homosexual and bisexual males. Crisis 18, 24-34.
3. Bagley, C. & Tremblay, P. (1998). On the prevalence of homosexuality and bisexuality, in a random community survey of 750 men aged 18 to 27. Journal of Homosexuality 36, 1-18.
4. Chung, Y. B. & Katayama, M. (1996). Assessment of sexual orientation in lesbian/gay/bisexual studies. Journal of Homosexuality 30, 49-62.
5. Cloninger, C. R. (1987). A systematic method for clinical description and classification of personality variants. A proposal. Archives of General Psychiatry 44, 573-588.
6. Cochran, S. D., Sullivan, J. G. & Mays, V. M. (2003). Prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress, and mental services use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 71, 53-61.
7. Coleman, E. (1987). Assessment of sexual orientation. Journal of Homosexuality 14, 9-24.
8. D'Augelli, A. R. (1996). Lesbian, gay and bisexual development during adolescence and young adulthood. In Textbook of Homosexuality and Mental Health (ed. R. P. Cobaj and T. S. Stein), pp. 267-288. American Psychiatric Press: Washington, DC.
9. Dickson, N., Paul, C. & Herbison, P. (2003). Same-sex attraction in a birth cohort: prevalence and persistence in early adulthood. Social Science & Medicine 56, 1607-1615.
10. Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J. & Beautrais, A. L. (1999). Is sexual orientation related to mental health problems and suicidality in young people? Archives of General Psychiatry 56, 876-880.
11. Fergusson, D. M. & Lynskey, M. T. (1997). Physical punishment/maltreatment during childhood and adjustment in young adulthood. Child Abuse & Neglect 21, 617-630.
12. Fergusson, D. M., Lynskey, M. T. & Horwood, L. J. (1996). Childhood sexual abuse and psychiatric disorder in young adulthood: I. Prevalence of sexual abuse and factors associated with sexual abuse. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 35, 1355-1364.
13. Garofalo, R. A., Wolf, R. C., Kessel, S., Palfrey, J. & DeRant, R. H. (1998). The associations between health risk behaviors and sexual orientation among a school-based sample of adolescents. Pediatrics 101, 895-902.
14. Gonsiorek, J. C. (1988). Mental health issues of gay and lesbian adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health Care 9, 114-122.
15. Gonsiorek, J. C., Sell, R. L. & Weinrich, J. D. (1995). Definition and measurement of sexual orientation. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior 25 (Suppl.), 40-51.
16. Herrell, R., Goldberg, J., True, W. R., Ramakrishnan, V., Lyons, M., Eisen, S. & Tsuang, M. T. (1999). Sexual orientation and suicidality: a co-twin control study in adult men. Archives of General Psychiatry 56, 867-874.
17. Jorm, A. F., Korten, A. E., Rodgers, B., Jacomb, P. A. & Christensen, H. (2002). Sexual orientation and mental health: results from a community survey of young and middle-aged adults. British Journal of Psychiatry 180, 423-427.
18. King, M., McKeown, E., Warner, J., Ramsay, A., Johnson, K., Cort, C., Wright, L., Blizard, R. & Davidson, O. (2003). Mental health and quality of life of gay men and lesbians in England and Wales: controlled, cross-sectional study. British Journal of Psychiatry 183, 552-558.
19. Kinsey, A. C., Pomeroy, W. B. & Martin, C. E. (1948). Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. W. B. Saunders: Philadelphia.
20. Klein, F., Sepekoff, B. & Wolf, T. J. (1985). Sexual orientation: a multi-variable dynamic process. Journal of Homosexuality 11, 35-49.
21. Laumann, E. O., Gagnon, J. H., Michael, R. T. & Michaels, S. (1994). The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago University Press: Chicago.
22. McDaniel, J. S., Purcell, D. & D'Augelli, A. R. (2001). The relationship between sexual orientation and risk for suicide: Research findings and future directions for research and prevention. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 31, 84-105.
23. Mills, T. C., Paul, J., Stall, R., Pollack, L., Canchola, J., Chang, Y. J., Moskowitz, J. T. & Catania, J. A. (2004). Distress and depression in men who have sex with men: The Urban Men's Health Study. American Journal of Psychiatry 161, 278-285.
24. Raftery, A. E. (1995). Bayesian model selection in social research. Sociological Methodology 25, 111-164.
25. Remafedi, G., French, S., Story, M., Resnick, M. D. & Blum, R. (1998). The relationship between suicide risk and sexual orientation: results of a population-based study. American Journal of Public Health 88, 57-60.
26. Remafedi, G., Resnick, M., Blum, R. & Harris, L. (1992). Demography of sexual orientation in adolescents. Pediatrics 89, 714-721.
27. Russell, S. T. (2003). Sexual minority youth and suicide risk. American Behavioural Scientist 46, 1241-1257.
28. Sandfort, T. G. M., de Graaf, R., Bijl, R. V. & Schnabel, P. (2001). Same-sex sexual behavior and psychiatric disorders: Findings from the Netherlands mental health survey and incidence study (NEMESIS). Archives of General Psychiatry 58, 85-91.
29. Savin-Williams, R. C. (2001). Suicide attempts among sexual-minority youths: Population and measurement issues. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 69, 983-991.
30. Sell, R. L. (1997). Defining and measuring sexual orientation: a review. Archives of Sexual Behavior 26, 643-658.
31. Sell, R. L., Wells, J. A. & Wypij, D. (1995). The prevalence of homosexual behavior and attraction in the United States, the United Kingdom and France: results of national population-based samples. Archives of Sexual Behavior 24, 235-248.
32. Shively, M. G. & DeCecco, J. P. (1993). Components of sexual identity. In Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Male Experiences (ed. L. D. Garnets and D. C. Kimmel), pp. 80-88. Columbia University Press: Chichester, NY.
33. Skegg, K., Nada-Raja, S., Dickson, N., Paul, C. & Williams, S. (2003). Sexual orientation and self-harm in men and women. American Journal of Psychiatry 160, 541-546.
34. Smith, A. M., Rissel, C. E., Richters, J., Grulich, A. E. & de Visser, R. O. (2003). Sex in Australia: sexual identity, sexual attraction and sexual experience among a representative sample of adults. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 27, 138-145.
35. Sorenson, R. C. (1973). Adolescent Sexuality in Contemporary America. World Publishing: New York.
36. van de Pol, F., Langeheine, R. & de Jong, W. (1999). PANMARK 3 User's Manual. Panel Analysis Using Markov Chains A Latent Class Analysis Program. Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics: Voorburg, The Netherlands.
37. van Griensven, F., Kilmarx, P. H., Jeeyapant, S., Manopaiboon, C., Korattana, S., Jenkins, R. A., Uthaivoravit, W., Limpakarnjanarat, K. & Mastro, T. D. (2004). The prevalence of bisexual and homosexual orientation and related health risks among adolescents in northern Thailand. Archives of Sexual Behavior 33, 137-147.
38. Wichstrom, I., & Hegna, K. (2003). Sexual orientation and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the general Norwegian adolescent population. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 112, 144-151.
39. Working Groups Workshop on Suicide and Sexual Orientation (1995). Recommendations for a research agenda in suicide and sexual orientation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 25, 82-94.
40. WHO (1993). Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). World Health Organization: Geneva.