@article{665ade51b9bc4a24975c44bb528e7578,
title = "Disengaged or Bookworm: Academics, Mental Health, and Success for Sexual Minority Youth",
abstract = "Same-sex attracted youth (SSAY) experience higher rates of negative mental health outcomes compared with their heterosexual peers; however, the association between sexual minority status and academic achievement is less clear. We used four waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to compare 1,279 ethnically diverse SSAY (57% male) based on the degree to which they were {"}engaged{"} (65%) or {"}disengaged{"} (35%) in school, classified through cluster analysis techniques. The pattern of results indicated significantly better mental health among the engaged group one and 6 years later (e.g., fewer depressive symptoms, less alcohol use), and more occupational and educational achievement eleven years later. The implications of school connection and achievement across a decade of life are discussed.",
author = "Watson, {Ryan J.} and Russell, {Stephen T.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge support for this research from a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship awarded to the first author: Grant No. DGE-1143953, and from the Fitch Nesbitt Endowment (Norton School, University of Arizona) in support of the second author. This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence.",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/jora.12178",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "159--165",
journal = "Journal of Research on Adolescence",
issn = "1050-8392",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
number = "1",
}