The New Gay Teenager / / Ritch C Savin-Williams.
Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Adolescent Lives ;
3 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why the New Gay Teenager? -- 2. Who's Gay? -- 3. In the Beginning . . .Was Gay Youth -- 4. Models or Trajectories? -- 5. Feeling Different -- 6. Same-Sex Attractions -- 7. First Sex -- 8. Identity -- 9. Resilience and Diversity -- 10. Refusing and Resisting Sexual Identity Labels -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Summary: | Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers--as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal--may have been exaggerated even twenty years ago, and is far from accurate today. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674043138 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674043138 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ritch C Savin-Williams. |