Nonconforming Gender Expression and Associated Mental Distress and Substance Use Among High School Students.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The cultural roles and expectations attributed to individuals based on their sex often shape health behaviors and outcomes. Gender nonconformity (GNC) (ie, gender expression that differs from societal expectations for feminine or masculine appearance and behavior) is an underresearched area of adolescent health that is often linked to negative health outcomes.

Objective

To examine the associations of GNC with mental distress and substance use among high school students.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study based on data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) conducted in 2015. The setting was 3 large urban US school districts (2 in California and 1 in Florida). Participants were a racially/ethnically diverse population-based sample of

SUBMITTER: Lowry R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248138 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature