Browsing SOC Faculty Publications by Author "Wilkinson, Lindsey"
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College-going benefits of high school sports participation: race and gender differences over three decades
Shifrer, Dara; Pearson, Jennifer D.; Muller, Chandra; Wilkinson, Lindsey (SAGE Publications, 2015-05)The long touted athlete advantage in college enrollment has been tempered by assertions that this advantage is actually due to characteristics that precede participation. Moreover, it remains unclear whether the benefits ... -
Educational attainment of transgender adults: Does the timing transgender identity milestones matter?
Wilkinson, Lindsey; Pearson, Jennifer D.; Liu, Hui (Elsevier, 2018-08)Adolescence is a difficult life stage in which to navigate a transgender identity, yet adolescence plays a key role in shaping educational trajectories. While transgender-related stigma and victimization within secondary ... -
Educational outcomes of gender-diverse youth: A national population-based study
Wilkinson, Lindsey; Shifrer, Dara; Pearson, Jennifer D. (Sage Publications, 2021-08-16)Despite the growing population of youth identifying with a transgender or nonbinary gender identity, research on gender-diverse individuals’ educational outcomes is limited. This study takes advantage of the first nationally ... -
Family relationships and adolescent well-being: are families equally protective for same-sex attracted youth?
Pearson, Jennifer D.; Wilkinson, Lindsey (Springer/Plenum, 2013-03)Existing research suggests that sexual minority youth experience lower levels of well-being, in part because they perceive less social support than heterosexual youth. Sexual minority youth with strong family relationships ... -
High School Religious Context and Reports of Same-Sex Attraction and Sexual Identity in Young Adulthood
Wilkinson, Lindsey; Pearson, Jennifer D. (Sage Publications, 2013-06)The objectives of this study are to understand the association between high school religious context in adolescence and the reporting of same-sex attraction and sexual identity in young adulthood and how these associations ... -
Same-sex sexuality and educational attainment: the pathway to college
Pearson, Jennifer D.; Wilkinson, Lindsey (Taylor & Francis LTD, 2017)Research finds lower levels of academic performance among sexual minority high school students, but some studies suggest sexual minorities have higher levels of educational attainment in adulthood. To further our understanding ... -
Same-sex sexuality and postsecondary outcomes: the role of high school locale
Wilkinson, Lindsey; Pearson, Jennifer D. (SAGE Publications, 2015-09)This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine how high school locale moderates the association between same-sex sexuality (SSS) and postsecondary outcomes, including four-year ... -
Sexual orientation and diabetes during the transition to adulthood
Liu, Hui; Chen, I. Chien; Wilkinson, Lindsey; Pearson, Jennifer D.; Zhang, Yan (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2019-07-04)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine how sexual orientation in adolescence and young adulthood was linked to diabetes risk. Methods: Data were drawn from the 1994-2008 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent ...