Sexual minority adolescent girls are overrepresented in the justice system. This study used the minority stress model and psychological mediation framework to investigate a pathway for this disparity among court-involved girls ages 14–18 (N = 226; mean age: 15.58; 48% sexual minority). The hypotheses were that sexual minority status would be associated with delinquency, bullying exposure would be associated with delinquency indirectly via emotion regulation difficulties, and the relationship between bullying exposure and emotion regulation difficulties would be stronger for sexual minority girls. Bullying exposure and emotion regulation difficulties were not related. Sexual minority status was related to delinquency, and emotion regulation difficulties mediated this relationship. The findings suggest interventions to build emotion regulation skills may reduce delinquency for sexual minority girls.

性少数少女在司法系统中的比例过高。本研究使用少数压力模型和心理调解框架来调查 14-18 岁涉案女孩之间这种差异的途径（N = 226; 平均年龄：15.58；48% 的性少数群体）。假设是性少数身份与犯罪有关，欺凌暴露会通过情绪调节困难间接与犯罪相关，而欺凌暴露与情绪调节困难之间的关系对于性少数女孩来说会更强。欺凌暴露与情绪调节困难无关。性少数地位与犯罪有关，情绪调节困难在这种关系中起中介作用。研究结果表明，建立情绪调节技能的干预措施可能会减少性少数女孩的犯罪行为。