Sexual Attraction and Trajectories of Mental Health and Substance Use During the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood.
Previous research suggests that sexual minority youth have poorer health-related outcomes than their heterosexual peers. The purpose of this study is to determine whether sexual orientation disparities in mental health and substance use increase, decrease, or remain the same during the transition fr...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 179 - 191 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2012
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