Open AccessElevated Risk of Posttraumatic Stress in Sexual Minority Youths: Mediation by Childhood Abuse and Gender Nonconformity
Author(s) -
Andrea L. Roberts,
Margaret Rosario,
Heather L. Corliss,
Karestan C. Koenen,
S. Bryn Austin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300530
Subject(s) - nonconformity , sexual orientation , sexual minority , sexual abuse , population , child abuse , poison control , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mediation , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , social psychology , operations management , political science , law , economics
We examined whether lifetime risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was elevated in sexual minority versus heterosexual youths, whether childhood abuse accounted for disparities in PTSD, and whether childhood gender nonconformity explained sexual-orientation disparities in abuse and subsequent PTSD.