Effects of Victimization and Violence on Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adolescents

LGBT Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 153-161

  Bouris, Alida ^a,b   Everett, Bethany G ^c   Heath, Ryan D ^a   Elsaesser, Caitlin E ^d   Neilands, Torsten B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d University of Connecticut School of Social Work   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child and adolescent development; LGBT youth; sexual orientation; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCHOOL; SEXUAL MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHICAGO; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL MINORITIES; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85020330475     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0037     Document Type: Article

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