Citation

Sterzing PR, Gibbs JJ, Gartner RE, Goldbach JT. J. Res. Adolesc. 2018; 28(2): 368-378.

Affiliation

University of Southern California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12336

PMID

28801945

Abstract

Sexual minority adolescents are bullied more frequently than heterosexual peers. Research is lacking on their rates of general and sexual orientation bullying victimization. The present study identified (1) the rate, onset, and desistance of general and sexual orientation bullying victimization, (2) the rate of bullying victimization trajectories, and (3) risk and protective factors across trajectories. A life history calendar method and thematic analysis were employed with a sexual minority adolescent sample (N = 52, 14-20 y/o). General bullying began at age 5 and declined after age 12, with sexual orientation bullying increasing throughout adolescence. Late-onset victim (34.6%) was the most common trajectory, followed by stable victim (28.9%), desister (23.1%), and nonvictim (13.5%). Differences in risk and protective factors were found across trajectories.

© 2017 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2017 Society for Research on Adolescence.

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