Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1243-1256

  Marshal, Michael P ^a   Dermody, Sarah S ^b   Cheong, JeeWon ^c   Burton, Chad M ^d   Friedman, Mark S ^e   Aranda, Frances ^f   Hughes, Tonda L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Latent growth curve modeling; Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth; Sexual minority youth; Sexual orientation; Suicidality; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MINORITY HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880512087     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9970-0     Document Type: Article

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