{"id":5363,"date":"2015-04-16T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/citings\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2015-10-13T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:18:03","slug":"sexual-identity-adolescent-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2015\/04\/16\/sexual-identity-adolescent-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Unstable Sexual Identities Could Increase Risk of Adolescent Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5364\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/dKrrd5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5364\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/citings\/files\/2015\/04\/8367853144_ec56ce4c87_b-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Davi Ozolin via Flickr.\" width=\"558\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2015\/04\/8367853144_ec56ce4c87_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2015\/04\/8367853144_ec56ce4c87_b-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Davi Ozolin via Flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite increasing societal acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities, a <a href=\"http:\/\/hsb.sagepub.com\/content\/56\/1\/37.full.pdf+html\">new study<\/a> reports that adolescents and young adults with shifting sexual identities are more likely to experience depression. The study, conducted by sociologist <a href=\"http:\/\/soc.uic.edu\/sociology\/people\/faculty\/bethany-everett\">Bethany Everett<\/a>, used the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine sexual identity, relationships, and mental health among 11,727 youth. By comparing gay, lesbian, and bisexual respondents reporting stable sexual identities with those whose sexual identities shifted or changed, Everett found that only those who changed toward same-sex-oriented identities were at increased risk of depression.<\/p>\n<p>Everett explained her\u00a0findings to <a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/magazines\/panache\/sexual-identity-shift-early-in-life-tied-to-depression\/articleshow\/46772184.cms\"><em>The Economic Times<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>describing how negative stereotypes may weigh heavily on adolescents: \u201cThere is a certain amount of stigma attached to sexual fluidity that may impact mental health during this developmental period.\u201d She also noted how social support might ease sexual identity transition, suggesting that, \u201csupporting people during this time-period may be critical for improving their mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Despite increasing societal acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities, a new study reports that adolescents and young adults with shifting sexual identities are more likely to experience depression. The study, conducted by sociologist Bethany Everett, used the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine sexual identity, relationships, and mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2025,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,33],"tags":[60,564,347,565,273,176,1969],"class_list":["post-5363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender","category-health","tag-adolescence","tag-depression","tag-identity","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-illness","tag-sexuality","tag-stigma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2015\/04\/8367853144_ec56ce4c87_b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5365,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions\/5365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}