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...
Veröffentlicht in: | American educational research journal. - 1978. - 53(2016), 6 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 1732-1758 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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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 |
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 |
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Beschreibung: | Date Revised 20.11.2019 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 0002-8312 |
DOI: | 10.3102/0002831216674804 |