LGBTQ youth

Following a stress-buffering framework, in this study we explore the potential ameliorating effect of parental support on the relationships between these peer victimization and self-compassion as well as school belonging.

This study addresses several significant gaps in the literature by (1) examining peer victimization, perceptions of school violence and crime, and TDV victimization among LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ high school students as predictors of anxiety and suicidality; (2) evaluating the extent to which victimization, perceptions of school violence and crime, and TDV moderate the association between sexual orientation and the aforementioned mental health issues; and (3) testing victimization, perceptions of school violence and crime, and TDV as school-level (between-school) predictors of these outcomes.