Do Anti-Bullying Laws Reduce In-School Victimization, Fear-based Absenteeism, and Suicidality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth?

Do Anti-Bullying Laws Reduce In-School Victimization, Fear-based Absenteeism, and Suicidality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth?

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are at heightened risk for bullying and other forms of in-school victimization. Anti-bullying laws are a potential policy mechanism for addressing this issue, yet there has been little investigation of the impact of such policies for this population using generalizab...

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Main Authors: Seelman, K.L (Author), Walker, M.B (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer New York LLC 2018
Subjects:
absenteeism
Absenteeism
adolescent
Adolescent
Anti-bullying laws
bisexuality
Bisexuality
bullying
Bullying
child
Child
controlled clinical trial (topic)
crime victim
Crime Victims
Cross-Sectional Studies
cross-sectional study
fear
Fear
female
Female
High school
human
Humans
legislation and jurisprudence
male
Male
Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
prevention and control
school
Schools
Sexual and Gender Minorities
sexual and gender minority
Sexual minorities
statistics and numerical data
student
Students
suicide
Suicide
United States
Victimization
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