The Role of Sexual Orientation in School Based Victimization
School based victimization is associated with poorer developmental, academic, and health outcomes. This meta analytic review compared the mean levels of school based victimization experienced by sexual minority youth to those of heterosexual youth, and examined moderators of this difference. Results from 18 independent studies (N 56,752 participants) suggest that sexual minority youth experience moderately higher levels of school based victimization compared to heterosexual youth (d 0.33) This effect varied by two study characteristics: the average effect size increased over time and was larger in studies that had a greater proportion of male participants. Results highlight the need for future research on school based victimization to include measures of sexual orientation and for interventions to include a component that addresses sexual orientation.
Youth society