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Title: LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Inclusive School Policies Are Associated with Self-Worth among Youth in Gender-Sexuality Alliances over the School Year
Language: English
Authors: V. Paul Poteat (ORCID 0000-0002-0289-9289), Abigail Richburg, Jack Day, Emily K. Finch, Jerel P. Calzo, Robert A. Marx, Arthur Lipkin, Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Source: Developmental Psychology. 2025 61(11):2106-2118.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Contract Number: R305A190165
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Descriptors: School Policy, Advocacy, Inclusion, LGBTQ People, Self Concept, Social Support Groups, Clubs, Student Diversity, Student Characteristics, High School Students, Middle School Students, Bullying
Geographic Terms: Massachusetts, New York (New York), California
DOI: 10.1037/dev0002024
ISSN: 0012-1649
1939-0599
Abstract: Inclusive school policies and youth advocacy could promote well-being and positive development among youth of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Utilizing three waves of data over a 6-month period, we tested a three-level multilevel model on the extent to which youth's advocacy in gender-sexuality alliances (GSAs; school clubs affirming youth identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or with other expansive sexual orientations or gender identities [LGBTQ+]) and attending schools that more thoroughly implemented LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and practices were associated with youth's self-worth. Participants were 627 youth (87% LGBQ+ youth, 45% transgender or nonbinary youth, 48% youth of color, M[subscript age] = 15.13) in 51 GSAs. Youth who reported greater involvement in advocacy over the 6-month period reported greater self-worth than others. There was also a contextual effect at the GSA level: Youth in GSAs whose members collectively reported greater advocacy reported even greater self-worth, beyond what was associated with a youth's own advocacy. Furthermore, GSA members in schools that more thoroughly implemented LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and practices reported greater self-worth over the study period. The findings highlight the importance of youth and school efforts to affirm the dignity and worth of LGBTQ+ young people.
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