Behavioral health and experience of violence among cisgender heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning, and asexual (LGBTQA+) adolescents in Thailand.
Wit WichaiditNatnita MattawanonWitchaya SomboonmarkNattaphorn ProdtongsomVirasakdi ChongsuvivatwongSawitri AssanangkornchaiPublished in: PloS one (2023)
We found disparities in behavioral health between cisgender heterosexual participants and LGBTQA+ participants. However, issues regarding potential misclassification of participants, limitation of past-year history of behaviors to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lack of data from youths outside the formal education system should be considered as caveats in the interpretation of the study findings.