NCJ Number
227775
Journal
Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume: 38 Issue: 7 Dated: August 2009 Pages: 963-975
Date Published
August 2009
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This study examined the relationships between perceived manifestations of heterosexism in three ecological domains of high schools (policies, programs, and social domains) and personal victimization experiences among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) students from across the United States.
Abstract
The study established that perceptions of nondiscrimination and harassment policies and inclusive programs were correlated with each other, that perceived policies and programs were both predictive of the perceived prevalence and tolerance of anti lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) harassment in the social domain, and that perceived programs and harassment were in turn predictive of personal victimization experiences. This study builds on previous work in which an ecological framework for operationalizing heterosexism in high schools was developed. The goal of the study was to examine setting-level predictors of anti-LGBQ harassment and victimization experiences. The study was based on secondary analyses of Internet survey data that were collected between August and October of 2000 from LGBQ high school students across the United States and Canada. Tables and references