Depression, Hopelessness, Suicidality, and Related Factors in Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adolescents

In the present study, the researchers examined factors related to depression, hopelessness, & suicidality in gay, lesbian, & bisexual adolescents, compared with demographically similar heterosexual adolescents. Sexual minority adolescents reported greater depression, hopelessness, & past & present suicidality than did heterosexual adolescents. However, when controlling for other psychosocial predictors of present distress, significant differences between the 2 samples disappeared. Implications are discussed. (39 refs)