Childhood and Adolescence Gender Role Nonconformity and Gender and Sexuality Diversity in Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sexuality- and gender-diverse youth experience disproportionate health and social adversity. Accurate early-life indicators are important for development of supportive approaches.

Objective

To examine whether commonly used items measuring childhood conformity to gender roles are associated with sexual orientation in young adulthood.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center, prospective cohort study (the Raine Study) assessed 2868 children of 2900 women who were recruited during pregnancy from August 1, 1989, to April 30, 1992, with follow-up ongoing. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) Child Behavior Checklist, Teacher Report Form, and Youth Self-Report tools were used to survey parents, teachers, and youths to examine g

SUBMITTER: Marino JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10520839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature