Association between bullying, state-level policy and mental health symptoms in gender diverse youth
These findings indicate that bullying victimization and unsupportive legislation may explain greater and increasing rates of psychotic-like experiences in gender diverse youth.
Authors
- Sarah L Zapetis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3244-6973)
- Daisy López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1066-7215)
- Sarah E. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9986-1666)
- Lauren C. Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-008X)
- Vanessa Calderon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-5248)
- Natalie Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8688-9426)
- CARRIE E. BEARDEN
- Richard T. LeBeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6866-9793)
- Rachel M. Martino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-7938)
- Dylan Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3759-2417)
- Laura Adery
- Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez
- Katherine H. Karlsgodt
- Lucina Q. Uddin
- Arianna Mordy
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.19.25342709
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health