The School Adjustment of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths
Those authors contributed equally.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.201How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Sexual and Gender Minority Youths; School Adjustment; School Violence
- Abstract
School is the microcosm of society and is structured for students to obtain the necessary ability to adjust to society as an adult in advance. They are commonly encountering multiple difficulties. Also, in terms of sexual and gender minorities, their school adjustment would face more problems, which also makes their situations on campus tougher than most cis-heterosexual youths. Several influencing factors lead to bullying and violence against minorities by the majority in schools, which include the heterosexual hegemony culture, gender stereotyping, prejudice and stigmatization. In the context of school violence, emotional abuse, harassment, and negative school atmosphere, sexual and gender minority youths are prone to problematic behaviors and psychological issues and are faced with more obstacles in school adjustment, further leading to a vicious circle. This review systematically analyzes the problems encountered by sexual and gender minority youths in middle and high schools and proposes strategies and measures from various aspects, including society, family, and the media, to improve the school adjustment of sexual and gender minority youths.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Rho-tong Lee AU - Hong-ping Qi PY - 2022 DA - 2022/02/01 TI - The School Adjustment of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1109 EP - 1113 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.201 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.201 ID - Lee2022 ER -