FAB400 is a longitudinal study of relationship dynamics and personal development among young LGBTQ people assigned female at birth (AFAB). Through this study we aim to better understand why some youth get involved in relationships and others don't, and what makes some relationships healthy while others become unhealthy or violent.

We also aim to identify risk and protective factors for a variety of experiences that LGBT youth face more often than their heterosexual peers, including dating violence, bullying, substance use and abuse, and mental health struggles.

FAB400 is being conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minorities (ISGM) at Northwestern University.

Thanks to our wonderful FAB400 participants! Because of them, we've able to accomplish many studies in a variety of areas:

Relationships

• Differences in minority stress experiences, mental health, and relationship quality outcomes among bisexual, pansexual, and queer women. 

• Romantic Involvement: A Protective Factor for Psychological Health in Racially-Diverse Young Sexual Minorities

• A structural equation model of sexual satisfaction and relationship functioning among sexual and gender minority individuals female assigned at birth in diverse relationships 

• Relationship quality and mental health among sexual and gender minorities. 

• Within-person associations between romantic involvement and mental health among sexual and gender minorities assigned female-at-birth. 

• A Structural Equation Model of Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Functioning Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Assigned Female at Birth in Diverse Relationships 

• Romantic involvement and mental health in sexual and gender minority emerging adults assigned female at birth 

• Relationship, marriage, and parenthood aspirations among sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth. 

• Sexual and gender minority individuals’ perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their couple relationships. 

Substance Use

• Effects of Sexual/Gender Minority- and Race-Based Enacted Stigma on Mental Health and Substance Use in Female Assigned at Birth Sexual Minority Youth

• High burden of mental health problems, substance use, violence and related psychosocial factors in transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse youth and young adults

• Engagement with LGBTQ community moderates the association between victimization and substance use among a cohort of sexual and gender minority individuals assigned female at birth 

• Perceptions of Marijuana Decriminalization Among Young Sexual and Gender Minorities in Chicago: An Initial Measure Validation and Test of Longitudinal Associations with Use 

• Effects of sexual/gender minority- and race-based enacted stigma on mental health and substance use in female assigned at birth sexual minority youth. 

• The Association Between Bi+ Stigma and Problematic Cannabis Use: Testing Coping Motives as an Underlying Mechanism 

• Social Context of Cannabis Use: Associations With Problematic Use, Motives for Use, and Protective Behavioral Strategies Among Sexual and Gender Minorities Assigned Female at Birth 

• Cannabis use companions’ gender and sexual orientation: Associations with problematic cannabis use in a sample of sexual minorities assigned female at birth 

• Associations between drinking contexts, minority stress, and problematic alcohol use among sexual minority individuals assigned female at birth. 

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

• Disclosure and Help-Seeking Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Mixed-Methods Study

• Relationship risk factors for intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities: A multilevel analysis

• Evaluation of traditional risk factors for intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minority youth.

• Intimate Partner Violence Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents and Young Adults Assigned Female at Birth

• Development and initial validation of three culturally-sensitive measures of intimate partner violence for sexual and gender minority populations

• Sexual and Gender Minority Intimate Partner Violence and Childhood Violence Exposure 

• Dimensions of sexual orientation and rates of intimate partner violence among young sexual minority individuals assigned female at birth: The role of perceived partner jealousy. 

• Longitudinal Transitions in Intimate Partner Violence among Female Assigned at Birth Sexual and Gender Minority Youth 

• Exploring mechanisms of racial disparities in intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities assigned female at birth. 

• Help-Seeking for Severe Intimate Partner Violence Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents and Young Adults Assigned Female at birth: A Latent Class Analysis 

Minority Stress & Stigma

• A Latent Profile Analysis of Bi+ Women’s Minority Stress Experiences:  Associations with Partner Gender

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• Demographic and Minority Stress Risk Factors for Obesity Among Sexual Minority Youth Assigned Female at Birth

• Intersectional minority stress and identity conflict among sexual and gender minority people of color assigned female at birth. 

• Minority stress and intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities assigned female at birth. 

• Intersectional Minority Stress and Intimate Partner Violence: The Effects of Enacted Stigma on Racial Minority Youth Assigned Female at Birth 

• Intersectional stigma and mental health: Interactions with identity authenticity and SGM community in sexual and gender minoritized young adults of color. 

• Prospective associations between bi+ minority stressors and internalizing symptoms: The mediating roles of general and group-specific processes. 

• Minority stressors and suicidal ideation in sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth: Prospective associations and racial differences 

• Longitudinal associations between minority stress, internalizing symptoms, and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals assigned female at birth. 

Physical & Mental Health

• Non-Monosexual Stress and Dimensions of Health: Within-Group Variation by Sexual, Gender, and Racial/Ethnic Identities

• Predicting the Transition From Suicidal Ideation to Suicide Attempt Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youths 

• Predicting suicidality using a computer adaptive test: Two longitudinal studies of sexual and gender minority youth.