School Culture and the Well-Being of Same-Sex-Attracted Youth
研究利用美国全国青少年健康纵向调查数据，分析高中异性恋规范文化（如足球参与、宗教出席、城乡位置）如何影响同性吸引青少年的抑郁、自尊、打架和学业失败，发现非城市及足球、宗教氛围浓厚的学校中风险更高，且性别差异显著。
This study assesses how variations in heteronormative culture in high schools affect the well-being of same-sex-attracted youth. The authors focus on the stigmatization of same-sex attraction (rather than identity or behavior) to better understand how heteronormativity may marginalize a wide range of youth. Specifically, the authors use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine how variation across schools in football participation, religious attendance, and urban locale affects same-sex-attracted adolescents' depressive symptoms, self-esteem, fighting, and academic failure. The results suggest that though same-sex-attracted youth are at greater risk for decreased well-being, these youth are at higher risk in nonurban schools and in schools where football and religion have a larger presence. Results vary for boys and girls: The urban locale of a school has a larger impact for boys, while school religiosity has a greater impact for girls.