| Title |
Gay-Straight Alliances are Associated with Lower Levels of School-Based Victimization of LGBTQ+ Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10964-016-0501-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert A. Marx, Heather Hensman Kettrey |
| Abstract |
Gay-straight alliances (GSAs) are school-based organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth and their allies that often attempt to improve school climate for sexual and gender minority youth. This meta-analysis evaluates the association between school GSA presence and youth's self-reports of school-based victimization by quantitatively synthesizing 15 primary studies with 62,923 participants. Findings indicate GSA presence is associated with significantly lower levels of youth's self-reports of homophobic victimization, fear for safety, and hearing homophobic remarks, and these results are robust, controlling for a variety of study-level factors. The findings of this meta-analysis provide evidence to support GSAs as a means of protecting LGTBQ+ youth from school-based victimization. |
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| United States | 9 | 38% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 14 | 58% |
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| Members of the public | 18 | 75% |
| Scientists | 3 | 13% |
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| Unknown | 281 | 98% |
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| Researcher | 27 | 9% |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 8% |
| Other | 45 | 16% |
| Unknown | 72 | 25% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 7% |
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| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 7% |
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