Little is known about the characteristics and context of adolescent relationship abuse victimization across youth of different sexual and gender minority identities. This study sought to examine this in a national sample of 14–15-year-old youth. The sample comprised 3296 youth who reported having been in a relationship, of which 36% (n = 1197) were exclusively cisgender heterosexual; 41% (n = 1, 349) cisgender sexual minority; and 23% (n = 750) gender minority, the majority of whom were also sexual minority. More than half of all youth who had been in a relationship, dated or hooked up with someone had experienced some form of adolescent relationship abuse victimization. Gender minority youth, in particular transgender boys and non-binary youth assigned female at birth, were more likely to be victims of multiple types of adolescent relationship abuse compared to cisgender youth. Perpetrator gender varied for sexual and gender minorities and was more homogenous for cisgender heterosexual youth. Several factors were associated with adolescent relationship abuse for all youth, although alcohol use, and parental trust and communication emerged as particularly important for sexual and gender minority youth. Overall, findings address multiple gaps in the literature and contribute to the understanding of adolescent relationship abuse across different sexual and gender identities.

人们对不同性别和性别少数群体身份的青少年青少年关系虐待受害的特征和背景知之甚少。本研究试图在全国 14-15 岁青少年样本中检验这一点。样本包括 3296 名自称有过恋爱关系的青少年，其中 36% ( n = 1197) 完全是顺性别异性恋； 41% ( n = 1, 349) 顺性别性少数群体； 23% ( n = 750) 的性别少数群体，其中大多数也是性少数群体。超过一半的与某人有过恋爱关系、约会过或勾搭过的青少年都经历过某种形式的青少年关系虐待受害。与顺性别青年相比，性别少数青年，特别是跨性别男孩和出生时被指定为女性的非二元青年，更有可能成为多种类型青少年关系虐待的受害者。性少数群体和性别少数群体的施暴者性别各不相同，而顺性别异性恋青年的施暴者性别则更为同质。尽管酗酒、父母信任和沟通对于性少数和性别少数青少年尤为重要，但对所有青少年来说，青少年关系虐待与多种因素有关。总体而言，研究结果解决了文献中的多个空白，并有助于理解不同性和性别身份的青少年关系虐待。