Citation

Whitbeck LB, Chen X, Hoyt DR, Tyler KA, Johnson KD. J. Sex Res. 2004; 41(4): 329-342.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality)

DOI

10.1080/00224490409552240

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study compares participation in deviant subsistence strategies, street victimization, and lifetime prevalence of five mental disorders (conduct disorder, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse) among heterosexual males and females (n = 366) and gay, lesbian, and bisexual (n = 63) homeless and runaway adolescents from the first wave of a longitudinal study of homeless youth in four Midwestern states. The results indicate that gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents were more likely to have been physically and sexually abused by caretakers, were more likely to engage in risky survival strategies when on their own (including survival sex), were more likely to be physically and sexually victimized when on the streets, and were more likely to meet criteria for mental disorder than were their heterosexual counterparts.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; human; sexual abuse; female; male; survival; child abuse; suicide attempt; major depression; drug abuse; longitudinal study; posttraumatic stress disorder; homelessness; conduct disorder; risk factor; substance abuse; alcohol abuse; article; homosexuality; heterosexuality; mental disease; controlled study; victim; bisexuality; child sexual abuse; lesbian; runaway behavior