Check out “Sexual harassment, sexual assault, violence, self‐esteem, and the role of LGBTQ‐specific parental support in a sample of Latinx sexual and gender minority youth” which has just been published in Journal of Adolescence!

The study focused on Latinx sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth to explore the associations between sexual harassment, sexual assault, violence, self‐esteem, and LGBTQ‐specific parental support. It was found that Latinx SGM youth experienced low levels of LGBTQ‐specific parental support and various degrees of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence. Specifically, transgender and nonbinary/genderqueer Latinx youth experienced lower self‐esteem than their Latinx cisgender counterparts. Also, increased LGBTQ‐specific parental support was related to increased self‐esteem.

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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