Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19293| Title: | Upplifun unglinga á almennri líkamlegri og andlegri heilsu með hliðsjón af kynhneigð | English Title: | Adolescents' physical and mental health in relation to sexual orientation | Contributor(s): | Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Sigrún (author); Þorsteinsson, Einar B (author) ; Bjarnason, Þóroddur (author) |
Publication Date: | 2012 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19293 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 130308 Gender, Sexuality and Education |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390406 Gender, sexuality and education 520106 Psychology of ageing 520302 Clinical psychology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920410 Mental Health 920401 Behaviour and Health 920599 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200409 Mental health 200401 Behaviour and health |
Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | Salfraedithingid. Fjorda radstefna Salfraedingafelags Islands og salfraedideildar Haskola Islands [Fourth Conference of the Icelandic Psychological Association and Psychology department of the University of Iceland], Reykjavik, Iceland, 24th - 25th March, 2012 | Source of Publication: | Sálfræðiritið: Tímarit Sálfræðingafélag Íslands, 17(Fylgirit 1 / Special 1), p. 20-22 | Publisher: | Sálfræðingafélag Íslands [Icelandic Psychological Association] | Place of Publication: | Reykjavik, Iceland | ISSN: | 1022-8551 1607-8326 |
HERDC Category Description: | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | English Abstract: | To examine the effects of adolescents' sexual orientation on physical and mental health. Method: Participants were 3,776 class 10 students (51% boys) from 161 schools in Iceland. The participants were classified as gay, non-gay, and sexual orientation unknown at this time (other). Measures included mental health (e.g., sadness, irritability, nervousness, and difficulty sleeping) and physical health (e.g., headaches, stomach ache, back ache, and dizziness). Results: Participants that were gay had a higher frequency of sadness, irritability, nervousness, and difficulty sleeping than either non-gay or other participants. Gay participants also had a higher frequency of headaches, stomach aches, back aches, and dizziness than either non-gay or other participants. Conclusion: Consistent with overseas findings gay adolescents in Iceland had worse physical and mental health outcome than either non-gay or other adolescents. |
|---|---|
| Appears in Collections: | Conference Publication School of Psychology |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format |
|---|
Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.