Sexual minority youth, social connection and resilience: From personal struggle to collective identity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1611-1617

  DiFulvio, Gloria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Marginalized groups; Resilience; Sexual minority; Social connection; USA; Youth

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; PATHOLOGY; RURAL SOCIETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXISM; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955963892     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.045     Document Type: Article

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