TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Childhood maltreatment, gender nonconformity, and adolescent sexual orientation: a prospective birth cohort study
JO  - Child development
A1  - Xu, Yin
A1  - Norton, Sam
A1  - Rahman, Qazi
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This study tested whether associations between childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual orientation were accounted for by childhood gender nonconforming behavior (GNCB) in a prospective birth cohort (N = 5,007). Childhood parental maltreatment (physical and emotional) and GNCB were assessed on multiple occasions up to age 6 years, and sexual orientation at 15.5 years. Boys with a history of maltreatment were significantly more likely to be nonheterosexual. Using propensity score weighting, maltreatment was associated with a 3.5% (p = .03) increase in the prevalence of nonheterosexuality accounting for confounders not including GNCB, and by 2.9% (p = .06) when also accounting for GNCB. These findings suggest that maltreatment is associated with an increased prevalence of nonheterosexuality in boys but may be explained by confounding factors including GNCB.<br><br>© 2019 Society for Research in Child Development.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-3920
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13317
ID  - ref1
ER  -