Youth advocacy varies in relation to adult advisor characteristics and practices in gender-sexuality alliances

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ID15028850
AuthorsPaul Poteat (0000-0002-0289-9289, Boston College, corresponding author), V Paul Poteat, Michael D O’Brien (0000-0002-9031-8199, Boston College), Megan K Yang (Boston College), Sarah B Rosenbach (0000-0002-4612-0847, New York University), Arthur Lipkin (Boston College)
Year2022
Volume26
Issue3
Pages460-470
Publication date2022-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueApplied Developmental Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1088-8691 • E-ISSN: 1532-480X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10888691.2020.1861945
PMID35937780
OpenAlexW3118419055
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited31

With growing attention to youth's efforts to address sexual and gender diversity issues in Gender-Sexuality Alliances (GSAs), there remains limited research on adult advisors. Do advisor characteristics predict their youth members' advocacy? Among 58 advisors of 38 GSAs, we considered whether advisor attributes predicted greater advocacy by youth in these GSAs ( n = 366) over the school year. GSAs varied in youth advocacy over the year. Youth in GSAs whose advisors reported longer years of service, devoted more time to GSA efforts each week, and employed more structure to meetings (to a point, with a curvilinear effect), reported greater relative increases in advocacy over the year (adjusting for initial advocacy and total meetings that year). Relative changes in advocacy were not associated with whether advisors received a stipend, training, or whether GSAs had co-advisors. Continued research should consider how advisors of GSAs and other social justice-oriented groups foster youth advocacy

Economic Justice · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Political science · Positive Youth Development · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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