Sexual Orientation and Adolescent Time Use: How Sexual Minority Youth Spend Their Time

This study combines minority stress and ecological perspectives to theorize the associations between adolescents’ sexual orientation and time use. Hypotheses are tested using data from a national sample of Australian adolescents aged 14–15 years ( Longitudinal Study of Australian Children ; n = 3,060). Compared to heterosexual adolescents, sexual minority adolescents spent less time with their siblings and fathers, more time alone, less time in...