Diverse community contexts and community resources for sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study
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2019-06-11Author
Paceley, Megan S.
Fish, Jessica N.
Conrad, Aaron
Schuetz, Nikolaus
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Wiley
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth face marginalization and oppression on the basis of their SGM identity, and they often lack traditional support systems to deal with these minority stressors. SGM community resources may alleviate the impact of the stressors that SGM youth face, but these have not been studied in relation to the size and climate of SGM youth's communities. This mixed-methods study examined the relationship between community size and the climate toward SGM individuals and the availability and utilization of SGM community resources. Survey findings indicate that nonmetropolitan communities were associated with less availability and utilization; hostile communities were associated with lower availability only. Interview findings reveal nuanced complexities on the relationship between community and resource provision. Implications for future research and community practice are discussed.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Paceley, MS, Fish, JN, Conrad, A, Schuetz, N. Diverse community contexts and community resources for sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study. J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2019; 29: 445– 460. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2417, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2417. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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Paceley, MS, Fish, JN, Conrad, A, Schuetz, N. Diverse community contexts and community resources for sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study. J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2019; 29: 445– 460. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2417
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