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ERIC Number: EJ1461467
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Available Date: 2024-12-10
Youth Experiences in Gender-Sexuality Alliances Predict Academic Engagement but Not Disaffection through Social-Emotional Wellbeing
V. Paul Poteat1; Jerel P. Calzo2; Hirokazu Yoshikawa3; Daniel Kellogg2; Robert A. Marx4; Abigail Richburg3; Arthur Lipkin5
Child Development, v96 n2 p847-864 2025
Experiences in gender-sexuality alliances (GSAs) could predict youth's academic engagement through improved social-emotional wellbeing (indicated by school belonging, hope, and positive and negative affect). This study utilized three waves of data, each spaced 2-3 months apart, among 627 youth (87% LGBQ+, 45% trans/nonbinary, 48% youth of color) ages 11-22 (M[subscript age] = 15.13) in 51 GSAs in the United States in 2021-2022. Greater peer responsiveness in the GSA predicted increased academic engagement through increased wellbeing overall and specifically through hope and decreased negative affect. Advisor responsiveness and GSA leadership correlated with wellbeing and academic engagement in bivariate analyses but were not predictive in the comprehensive model. GSA experiences were uncorrelated with academic disaffection. Findings suggest how GSAs promote youth's wellbeing and academic engagement.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www-wiley-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A190165
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA; 2San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA; 3New York University, New York, New York, USA; 4San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA; 5Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA