id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_lsn4gvccivbwtim5u35sepizni Elizabeth M Saewyc Hazards of stigma: the sexual and physical abuse of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents in the U.S. and Canada 2004 20 .pdf application/pdf 6183 635 65 A small number of population-based studies also have documented higher prevalence of physical abuse by family members the past decade, several studies have reported a higher prevalence of these risk behaviors among sexual minority youth, with their study did not include experiences of sexual violence or physical abuse within the family. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to compare the prevalence of sexual and physical abuse experienced by bisexual youth The authors hypothesized that bisexual boys and girls would report greater odds of sexual and physical abuse than heterosexual In each survey, gay and bisexual boys also report a higher prevalence of physical abuse, with nearly 1 in 5 up to 1 in 3 reporting However, comparisons with gay peers were mixed: In the two earlier surveys, the differences were not significant, but in BC98, bisexual boys had lower odds of physical abuse, while in MSS98, ./cache/work_lsn4gvccivbwtim5u35sepizni.pdf ./txt/work_lsn4gvccivbwtim5u35sepizni.txt