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RISK FACTORS DIFFER ACCORDING TO SAME-SEX AND OPPOSITE-SEX INTEREST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2004

J. RICHARD UDRY  and
KIM CHANTALA
J. RICHARD UDRY
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
KIM CHANTALA
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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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.

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Regular Articles
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 481 - 497
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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