Citation
Udry, J. R. & Chantala, K. (2005). Risk factors differ according to same-sex and opposite-sex interest. Journal of Biosocial Science. vol. 37 (4) pp. 481-497Abstract
Are risk behaviours in adolescence differentiated according to same-sex vs opposite-sex interest? For all respondents a five-point scale of interest in each sex used information from both of the first two in-home waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Logistic regression predicted the probability of experiencing each risk behaviour from the same-sex and opposite-sex interest scores. Same-sex interests have more effect on emotional risk, and opposite-sex interests have more effect on substance use. Nevertheless, all risk variables except boys' depression are responsive to both same-sex and opposite-sex interest. The same-sex interest component of risk is attributed to the emotional strain of living with an anomalous sex interest in a heterosexual society.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021932004006765Keyword(s)
Sexual BehaviorReference Type
Journal ArticleJournal Title
Journal of Biosocial ScienceAuthor(s)
Udry, J. R.Chantala, K.