Purpose Little is known about adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) and related sexual and
reproductive health among females who either identify as lesbian or bisexual or engage in …

Childhood abuse and neglect are pervasive problems among girls and young women that
have numerous health consequences. Research suggests that sexual minority women are …

Little is known about the characteristics and context of adolescent relationship abuse
victimization across youth of different sexual and gender minority identities. This study …

Abstract Study Objective To examine the association between dating violence perpetration
and victimization and sexually risky behaviors among sexual minority and heterosexual …

Introduction Sexual minority youth (SMY) are at significantly greater risk for experiencing
adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) than exclusively heterosexual youth, yet little is known …

Early sexual behavior plays a vital role in female reproductive health. Victimization
experiences such as sexual harassment may have a unique impact on girls' sexual health …

Bullying of sexual minorities in the United States is common and often begins in middle and
high school, yet research that examines sexual harassment of sexual minorities is limited …

Purpose Among a sample of adolescent girls, we assessed: 1) prevalence of sexual
harassment by type, place of occurrence, and perpetrators; 2) association with substance …

Sexual minority youth experience substantially higher rates of family victimization than their
heterosexual peers. No systematic review has yet identified the predictors and …

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a strong predictor of adverse physical and mental health
outcomes (Koenig, Doll, O'Leary, & Pequegnat, 2004; Lalor & McElvaney, 2010). Recent …