Table 5.

Sexual minority adolescents’ reported frequency of different reasons for peer victimization at school

	Frequency of teasing (range 0–4)		Often or Very Often Teased for this Reason Only
	M	SD	N	%
Perceived reason for victimization
Sexual Orientation	1.51	1.28	414	4.2
Masculine/Feminine	1.44	1.32	502	5.1
Weight	1.14	1.20	377	3.8
Gender	1.01	1.20	170	1.7
Race	0.89	1.43	188	1.9
Religion	0.54	0.95	119	1.2
Disability	0.52	0.98	102	1.0

Frequency of teasing for each reason was assessed on a scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (very often). The percentages in the last column reflect adolescents who indicated they were ‘often’ or ‘very often’ teased for a single reason only (i.e., they indicated ‘never’ being teased for every other reason listed in the table).