Risk Factors Differ according to Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Interest

Citation

Udry, J. Richard & Chantala, Kim (2005). Risk Factors Differ according to Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Interest. Journal of Biosocial Science, 37(4), 481-497.

Abstract

Are risk behaviours in adolescence differentiated according to same-sex vs opposite-sex interest? For all respondents a five-point scale of interest in each sex used information from both of the first two in-home waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Logistic regression predicted the probability of experiencing each risk behaviour from the same-sex and opposite-sex interest scores. Same-sex interests have more effect on emotional risk, and opposite-sex interests have more effect on substance use. Nevertheless, all risk variables except boys’ depression are responsive to both same-sex and opposite-sex interest. The same-sex interest component of risk is attributed to the emotional strain of living with an anomalous sex interest in a heterosexual society.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021932004006765

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2005

Journal Title

Journal of Biosocial Science

Author(s)

Udry, J. Richard
Chantala, Kim