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Sexual Attraction, Sexual Identity, and Psychosocial Wellbeing in a National Sample of Young Women during Emerging Adulthood

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Author	Johns, Michelle Marie Zimmerman, Marc Bauermeister, Jose A.
Abstract	Identity-based conceptualizations of sexual orientation may not account adequately for variation in young women’s sexuality. Sexual minorities fare worse in psychosocial markers of wellbeing (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety, self esteem, social support) than heterosexual youth; however, it remains unclear whether these health disparities exclusively affect individuals who adopt a sexual minority identity or if it also may be present among heterosexually-identified youth who report same-sex attractions. We examined the relationship between sexual attraction, sexual identity, and psychosocial wellbeing in the female only subsample (weighted, n = 391) of a national sample of emerging adults (age 18–24). Women in this study rated on a scale from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Extremely) their degree of sexual attraction to males and females, respectively. From these scores, women were divided into 4 groups (low female /low male attraction, low female /high male attraction, high female /low male attraction, or high female /high male attraction). We explored the relationship between experiences of attraction, reported sexual identity, and psychosocial outcomes using ordinary least squares regression. The results indicated sexual attraction to be predictive of women’s psychosocial wellbeing as much as or more than sexual identity measures. We discuss these findings in terms of the diversity found in young women’s sexuality, and how sexual minority status may be experienced by this group.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9795-2
Ending Page	95
Page Count	14
Starting Page	82
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00472891
e-ISSN	15736601
Journal	Journal of youth and adolescence
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	42
Language	English
Publisher Date	2013-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology

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