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Impediments to Academic Performance of Bisexual College Students
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B bisexual college students reported the strongest threats to academic success of all sexual orientations, and college health professionals should consider addressing needs for bisexual students, bisexual women in particular.Abstract:
Objective: To investigate health-related impediments to academic success for bisexual college students. Participants: Respondents to the Fall 2011 American College Health Association–National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA II) survey who self-identified as bisexual, heterosexual, gay, or lesbian. Methods: Secondary analyses of the ACHA-NCHA II data were conducted to compare the experiences of bisexual students with both each other (bisexual men and bisexual women) and those of their nonbisexual counterparts (heterosexual and gay/lesbian students). Results: Bisexual college students are a large and distinct sexual minority group. On all measures with the exception of discrimination, bisexual college students reported the strongest threats to academic success of all sexual orientations. Conclusions: Given the unique impediments for bisexual students, college health professionals should consider specifically addressing needs for bisexual students, bisexual women in particular.read more
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TL;DR: The ACHA compiles aggregate data from participating institutions in a reference group report for data comparison and results from the Spring 2005 Reference Group are presented in this article.