@article{1f98b7b3724047ec99ecbad5488400da,
title = "Impact of Mentors during Adolescence on Outcomes of Gay Young Adults",
abstract = "Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement study datasets, this study examined whether natural mentoring relationships during adolescence were associated with young adult outcomes among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons. Outcomes in three domains were investigated: education and employment, psychological wellbeing, and substance use and abuse. Results indicated that LGB persons reporting natural mentors during adolescence were about three times as likely to graduate from high school as those without. Discussion surrounds strategies to foster mentoring relationships within the school environment or community.",
author = "Susan Jacob and Rhymer, {Katrina N} and Almazan, {Elbert Pinget} and Drevon, {Daniel D}",
note = "Funding Information: This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health Web site (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis. The present study was conducted in in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Central Michigan University. This research uses data from the AHAA study, which was funded by a grant (R01 HD040428-02, Chandra Muller, PI) from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and a grant (REC-0126167, Chandra Muller, PI, and Pedro Reyes, co-PI) from the National Science Foundation. This research was also supported by grant, 5 R24 HD042849, Population Research Center, awarded to the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Health and Child Development. Opinions reflect those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the granting agencies. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Taylor & Francis.",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
volume = "63",
pages = "821--837",
journal = "Journal of Homosexuality",
issn = "0091-8369",
publisher = "Journal of Homosexuality",
}