Greater Engagement Among Members of Gay-Straight Alliances : Individual and Structural Contributors

Using youth program models to frame the study of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), we identified individual and structural predictors of greater engagement in these settings with a cross-sectional sample of 295 youth in 33 GSAs from the 2014 Massachusetts GSA Network Survey (69% LGBQ, 68% cisgen-der fe...

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Veröffentlicht in:American educational research journal. - 1978. - 53(2016), 6 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 1732-1758
1. Verfasser: Poteat, V Paul (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Heck, Nicholas C, Yoshikawa, Hirokazu, Calzo, Jerel P
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:American educational research journal
Schlagworte:Journal Article Gay-Straight Alliance bisexual engagement gay lesbian organizational structure trans-gender youth programs
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Zusammenfassung:Using youth program models to frame the study of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), we identified individual and structural predictors of greater engagement in these settings with a cross-sectional sample of 295 youth in 33 GSAs from the 2014 Massachusetts GSA Network Survey (69% LGBQ, 68% cisgen-der female, 68% White, Mage = 16.07). Multilevel modeling results indicated that members who perceived more support/socializing from their GSA, had more LGB friends, were longer serving members, and were in GSAs with more open and respectful climates reported greater engagement. Further, there was a curvilinear association between organizational structure in the GSA and engagement: Perceptions of more structure were associated with greater engagement to a point, after which greater structure was related to less engagement
Beschreibung:Date Revised 20.11.2019
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0002-8312
DOI:10.3102/0002831216674804