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Robinson, Joseph P.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Educational Researcher, 2012
Students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) experience higher rates of victimization by bullying than do their heterosexual-identified peers. In this article, we investigate the extent to which this difference in rates of victimization can explain LGBTQ youths' greater rates of suicidal ideation, suicide…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Peer Relationship, Bullying, Suicide
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Robinson, Joseph P.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Educational Researcher, 2011
This study finds that, compared with straight-identified youth, youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) are at greater risk of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, victimization by peers, and elevated levels of unexcused absences from school. Results disaggregated by LGBTQ subgroups reveal heterogeneity…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Suicide, Psychology, Identification (Psychology)