Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth

• Published in: Journal of youth and adolescence Vol. 42; no. 8; pp. 1243 - 1256
• Main Authors: Marshal, Michael P., Dermody, Sarah S., Cheong, JeeWon, Burton, Chad M., Friedman, Mark S., Aranda, Frances, Hughes, Tonda L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.08.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Adolescents; Adults; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Child and School Psychology; Child development; Children & youth; Clinical Psychology; Comorbidity; Cross-sectional studies; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - psychology; Drug use; Early Adolescents; Empirical Research; Female; Females; Gays & lesbians; Gender differences; Girls; Health Behavior; Health disparities; Health Psychology; Heterosexuality; Heterosexuality - psychology; Heterosexuality - statistics & numerical data; History of Psychology; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Law and Psychology; Life Stage Transitions; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mental depression; Mental health; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority Groups - psychology; Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data; Minority Health; Nursing; Persistence; Prevention; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychopathology; Public health; Resistance (Psychology); Self Destructive Behavior; Sexual orientation; Sexual Preferences; Suicidal ideation; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data; Suicides & suicide attempts; Teenagers; United States - epidemiology; Young adults; Youth; United States; Sexual minority youth; Latent growth curve modeling; Suicidality; Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth; Depressive symptoms; Sexual orientation; Trajectories

Sexual minority youth report higher rates of depression and suicidality than do heterosexual youth. Little is known, however, about whether these disparities continue as youth transition into young adulthood. The primary goals of this study were to describe and compare trajectories of adolescent dep...