Factors Affecting Academic Achievement Among Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Youth

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 261-300

  Paul Poteat, V ^a   Scheer, Jillian R ^a   Mereish, Ethan H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Bisexual; Bullying; Discrimination; Gay; Learning; Lesbian; LGBT; Minority stress; Transgender; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIM; CURRICULUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CURRICULUM; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84908457348     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2014.04.005     Document Type: Chapter

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