School Climate for Transgender Youth: A Mixed Method Investigation of Student Experiences and School Responses

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1175-1188

  McGuire, Jenifer K ^a   Anderson, Charles R ^a   Toomey, Russell B ^b   Russell, Stephen T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Harassment; School climate; Sexual minority; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955341243     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9540-7     Document Type: Article

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