Gender sexuality alliances and school safety Who benefits most, and do additive school-led practices strengthen the link?

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Authors
  • M.E. De Looze
Publication date 07-2024
Journal Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume | Issue number 53 | 7
Pages (from-to) 1499-1512
Number of pages 14
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE)
Abstract

While Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are associated with higher acceptance of sexual diversity and lower bullying-victimization, it is unclear which individual and school-level attributes strengthen these associations. Nationally representative data (N = 1,567 students; Mage = 15.4, SD = 0.16; 34% boys, 66% girls, 51% heterosexual, 49% sexually-diverse after propensity score matching) in 139 Dutch secondary schools were used. Multilevel regression analyses revealed that GSA presence was linked to more inclusive attitudes about sexual diversity and a safer disclosure climate among sexually-diverse students, and lower general bullying-victimization when the school had a GSA combined with school practices to tackle bullying. School professionals and researchers are recommended to recognize the significance of individual and school-level factors that affect GSA correlates.

Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01957-0
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