Psychological comorbidities and suicidality in sexual and gender minority foster youth

Dana M. Prince, Meagan Ray-Novak, Krystel Tossone, Emily Peterson, Braveheart Gillani and Laura Mintz

Children and Youth Services Review, 2024, vol. 156, issue C

Abstract: Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY), or those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender diverse and questioning are suggested to be overrepresented in the U.S. foster care system. Lack of systematized data collection on youths’ sexual orientation and/or gender identity in child welfare has curtailed studies of this population. This community-based study assessed psychological and behavioral health of youth with current or past foster care involvement in an urban public child welfare system, and examined relations between types of victimization (e.g. LGBTQ-based victimization, caregiver rejection, intimate partner violence) and psychological functioning.

Keywords: LGBTQ foster youth; Sexual and gender minorities; Suicide risk; LGTBQ child welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107379

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