青春期性认同的长度变化及其与性福利的关联
Alice Girouard1, Alexa Martin-Storey2, Jacinthe Dion3
1Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
概括
青少年的性认同发展表现出不同的模式,新兴的性少数群体报告了更高的性欲望,但也感到痛苦. 了解这些轨迹是青少年性福祉的关键.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 性健康研究性健康研究
- 青年社会学 青年社会学
背景情况:
- 青春期涉及到性和身份的关键发展.
- 性认同流动性在年轻人中越来越被认可.
- 对于广泛的性认同发展趋势及其与当代青少年性福祉的联系的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 识别和描述青少年性别认同变化的纵向类.
- 检查这些性认同类别与后来的性福利之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 对3027名加拿大青少年 (年龄在14-17岁) 进行长度研究,持续了3年和3个波.
- 性认同的三步潜阶级分析,控制社会人口统计因素.
- 沃尔德测试比较性福利 (满意度,欲望/兴奋,高潮,痛苦) 在识别的类别.
主要成果:
- 出现了三个性身份类别:一致的异性恋 (84.4%),大多数多性恋 (10.2%),以及一致的质疑和新兴的性少数群体 (5.4%).
- 新兴的性少数群体青年更有可能是女孩或跨性别/非二进制,并且来自大都市地区.
- 大多数多性恋个体报告的性满意度较低,痛苦程度较高;新兴性少数群体的个体报告的性欲/兴奋程度较高,与一致的异性恋者相比.
结论:
- 青少年时期的性认同发展是复杂而多方面的.
- 这些发现与少数群体压力框架一致,突出了身份,少数群体地位和性福祉之间的相互作用.
- 结果强调,需要针对不同青少年性认同和经验提供量身定制的支持.
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