Bisexual students in every race/ethnicity group report chronic sadness at more than twice the rate of straight students¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In every race/ethnicity group, bisexual students reported chronic sadness at rates more than twice as high as straight students. → Cerna 2021

Evidence¶

Cerna 2021¶

Cerna, R., Stern, A., Austin, G., Betz, J., Zhang, G., & Hashmi, S. (2021). Understanding the experiences of LGBTQ high school students in California by race/ethnicity. WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/lgbtq-students-in-california/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive finding from the CHKS 2017–19 pooled high school sample (Tables 8a/8b), comparing chronic-sadness percentages across sexual orientation within each race/ethnicity group. Percentages only; no tests or effect sizes are printed.

"In every race/ethnicity group, bisexual students reported chronic sadness levels at rates more than twice as high as straight students."

Discussion¶

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