TY - JOUR
T1 - Contextualizing Gay-Straight Alliances
T2 - Student, Advisor, and Structural Factors Related to Positive Youth Development Among Members
AU - Poteat, V. Paul
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
AU - Calzo, Jerel P.
AU - Gray, Mary L.
AU - Digiovanni, Craig D.
AU - Lipkin, Arthur
AU - Mundy-Shephard, Adrienne
AU - Perrotti, Jeff
AU - Scheer, Jillian R.
AU - Shaw, Matthew P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Gay-straight alliances (GSAs) may promote resilience. Yet, what GSA components predict well-being? Among 146 youth and advisors in 13 GSAs (58% lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning; 64% White; 38% received free/reduced-cost lunch), student (demographics, victimization, attendance frequency, leadership, support, control), advisor (years served, training, control), and contextual factors (overall support or advocacy, outside support for the GSA) that predicted purpose, mastery, and self-esteem were tested. In multilevel models, GSA support predicted all outcomes. Racial/ethnic minority youth reported greater well-being, yet lower support. Youth in GSAs whose advisors served longer and perceived more control and were in more supportive school contexts reported healthier outcomes. GSA advocacy also predicted purpose. Ethnographic notes elucidated complex associations and variability as to how GSAs operated.
AB - Gay-straight alliances (GSAs) may promote resilience. Yet, what GSA components predict well-being? Among 146 youth and advisors in 13 GSAs (58% lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning; 64% White; 38% received free/reduced-cost lunch), student (demographics, victimization, attendance frequency, leadership, support, control), advisor (years served, training, control), and contextual factors (overall support or advocacy, outside support for the GSA) that predicted purpose, mastery, and self-esteem were tested. In multilevel models, GSA support predicted all outcomes. Racial/ethnic minority youth reported greater well-being, yet lower support. Youth in GSAs whose advisors served longer and perceived more control and were in more supportive school contexts reported healthier outcomes. GSA advocacy also predicted purpose. Ethnographic notes elucidated complex associations and variability as to how GSAs operated.
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U2 - 10.1111/cdev.12289
DO - 10.1111/cdev.12289
M3 - Article
C2 - 25176579
AN - SCOPUS:84922646639
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 86
SP - 176
EP - 193
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 1
ER -