The psychosexual development of urban lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths

Rosario, Margaret; Meyer‐Bahlburg, Heino F. L.; Hunter, Joyce; Exner, Theresa M.; Gwadz, Marya; Keller, Arden M.

doi:10.1080/00224499609551823

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“…Youths were recruited from five GLB-focused organizations in New York City, including three community-based organizations and two college student organizations from public colleges. Additional description of the larger study sample, including descriptive data of the youths' sexual behavior, is available in earlier reports (e.g., Rosario et al, 1996;Rosario, Meyer-Bahlburg, Hunter, & Gwadz, 1999).…”

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Test–Retest Reliability of Self-Reported Sexual Behavior, Sexual Orientation, and Psychosexual Milestones Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths

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Despite the importance of reliable self-reported sexual information for research on sexuality and sexual health, research has not examined reliability of information provided by gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) youths. Test-retest reliability of self-reported sexual behaviors, sexual orientation, sexual identity, and psychosexual developmental milestones was examined among an ethnically diverse sample of 64 self-identified GLB youths. Two face-to-face interviews were conducted approximately two weeks apart using the Sexual Risk Behavior Assessment Schedule for Homosexual Youths (SERBAS-Y-HM). Overall, the mean of the test-retest reliability coefficients was substantial for 6 of the 7 domains: lifetime sexual behaviors (M = .89), sexual behavior in the past 3 months (M = .96), unprotected sexual behavior in the past 3 months (M = .93), sexual identity (κ = .89), sexual orientation (M = .82), and ages of various psychosexual developmental milestones (M = .77). Inconsistent reliability was found for reports of sexual behaviors while using substances. A small number of gender differences emerged, with lower reliability among female youths in the lifetime number of same-sex partners. The overall findings suggest that a wide range of self-reported sexual information can be reliably assessed among GLB youths by means of interviewer-administered questionnaires, such as the SERBAS-Y-HM.

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“…), this raises the question of whether observed butch/ femme differences in the coming-out process are due to the butch/femme phenomenon or to the greater prevalence of bisexuality among femmes. Given the potential confound between butch/femme and sexual identity, previously noted elsewhere (Carr, 2005), as well as the well-documented differences between lesbian and bisexual women in the coming-out process (Diamond, 2000;Rosario et al, 1996;Rust, 1993), the current study examined the interaction between butch/femme identity and sexual identity in order to eliminate this possible confound. We compared lesbian femmes, bisexual femmes, lesbian butches, and bisexual butches in order to investigate whether variability in the coming-out process was a function of differences in butch/femme identity and/or in sexual identity as lesbian or bisexual.…”

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“…One traditional marker of the coming-out process concerns the age at initiating various milestones of sexual identity development (e.g., Floyd & Stein, 2002;Maguen et al, 2002;Rosario et al, 1996;Rust, 1993;. In the sole examination of psychosexual milestones among butches and femmes (Levitt & Horne, 2002), butches were found to become aware of their sexual attraction to women at an earlier age (M = 14.6 years, SD = 11.0) than femmes (M = 21.9 years, SD = 10.6), although the difference was only marginally significant.…”

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The Coming-Out Process of Young Lesbian and Bisexual Women: Are There Butch/Femme Differences in Sexual Identity Development?

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Research on lesbian and bisexual women has documented various biological and behavioral differences between butch and femme women. However, little research has examined whether differences exist in sexual identity development (i.e., the coming-out process). The present study examined longitudinally potential butch/femme differences in sexual identity formation and integration among an ethnically diverse sample of 76 self-identified lesbian and bisexual young women (ages 14-21 years). A composite measure of butch/femme identity classified 43% as butch and 51% as femme. Initial comparisons found butch/femme differences in sexual identity (i.e., nearly all butches identified as lesbian, but about half of femmes identified as bisexual), suggesting the need to examine this confound. Comparisons of lesbian butches, lesbian femmes, and bisexual femmes found that lesbian butches and femmes generally did not differ on sexual identity formation, but they differed from bisexual femmes. Lesbian butches and femmes had sexual behaviors and a cognitive sexual orientation that were more centered on women than those of bisexual femmes. With respect to sexual identity integration, lesbian butches were involved in more gay social activities, were more comfortable with others knowing about their homosexuality, and were more certain, comfortable, and accepting of their sexual identity than were bisexual femmes. Fewer differences were found between lesbian femmes and bisexual femmes or between lesbian butches and lesbian femmes. The findings suggest that sexual identity formation does not differ between butch or femme women, but differences are linked to sexual identity as lesbian or bisexual. Further, the findings that lesbian femmes sometimes differed from lesbian butches and at other times from bisexual femmes on sexual identity integration suggest that neither sexual identity nor butch/femme alone may explain sexual identity integration. Research examining the intersection between sexual identity and butch/femme is needed.

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“…28 Of Add Health respondents who indicated same-sex attraction in wave 1, only 27% reported such attraction in wave 3. In wave 1, only 9% of respondents who indicated a same-sex attraction reported a same-sex relationship.…”

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Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study

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The psychosexual development of urban lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths

Cited by 127 publications

References 36 publications

Test–Retest Reliability of Self-Reported Sexual Behavior, Sexual Orientation, and Psychosexual Milestones Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths

Test–Retest Reliability of Self-Reported Sexual Behavior, Sexual Orientation, and Psychosexual Milestones Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths

The Coming-Out Process of Young Lesbian and Bisexual Women: Are There Butch/Femme Differences in Sexual Identity Development?

Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study

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