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| [NEWS] Massive drop in teen Self Delete attempts linked to gay marriage legalization |
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| Tactical Nuke:
because we're all bitter forgets on this forum, me included, I decided we need this article to balance stuff out --- Quote from: Sources ---http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/same-love-marriage-laws-lgbt-teen-Self Delete-attempts_us_58ac934ae4b02eb3a982e288 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315933.php http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/20/teen-Self Delete-down-as-same-love-marriage-legalized-study/98179684/ https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2017/02/same-love-marriage-laws-linked-drop-teen-Self Delete-attempts https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/02/21/legalized-same-love-marriage-linked-fewer-youth-Self Delete-attempts-study-finds/3Ag4eFG02FQ6YwcAyzOANL/story.html --- End quote --- --- Quote ---Living in a community that recognizes gay marriage can improve the mental health of all teens, according to a new study. State marriage equality laws enacted in the years before the 2015 Supreme Court ruling were linked to lower rates of Self Delete attempts among all high school students but especially among teens who identified as gay, lesbian, biloveual or unsure. Ultimately, the researchers found, for every year that same-love marriage laws were in place, 134,000 fewer teens attempted Self Delete. This is noteworthy because queer teens are more than four times as likely to attempt Self Delete as their straight peers. While the study doesn’t demonstrate that these laws actually caused a reduction in Self Delete attempts, lead study author Julia Raifman theorized that having equal protection under the law may account for much of the change. “These are high school students so they aren’t getting married any time soon, for the most part,” said Raifman, a post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, in a statement about her research. “Still, permitting same-love marriage reduces structural stigma associated with loveual orientation. There may be something about having equal rights ― even if they have no immediate plans to take advantage of them ― that makes students feel less stigmatized and more hopeful for the future.” --- End quote --- /discuss |
| Punished Toxicology:
the attempts shouldn't be the things plummeting |
| Conan:
i actually very seriously appreciate that you were considerate enough to post this. thanks for displaying a willingness to not let a bias preventing you from appreciating the other side's pov. unless you're a friend :^) |
| PhantOS:
that's loving gay also change the title, at first I thought it meant that a bunch of teens jumped to their death thanks to gay marriage |
| Refticus:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on February 22, 2017, 04:06:42 AM ---also change the title, at first I thought it meant that a bunch of teens jumped to their death thanks to gay marriage --- End quote --- thanks to the word "plummeting", confusion is now 11.532% more likely. |
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