“Contextualizing the well-being of asexual youth: Evidence of differences in family, health, and school outcomes” has been published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence! 

This study investigated the demographic backgrounds, gender differences, and experiences of asexual youth. It was found that asexual youth were more likely to identify as transgender, report a disability, and were less likely to identify as Black or Hispanic/Latino. Transgender asexual youth fared worse on measures of depression, self-esteem, general family social support, and perceptions of school safety. Also, cisgender asexual youth fared worse on all study outcomes and transgender asexual youth fared worse on assessments of sexuality-related family social support relative to their non-asexual SGMY counterparts. 

To read more about this study, you can read the full article here. To view all of the lab’s publications, see our Publications page.

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