Compare Jon, who is gay, to his teenage classmate Sid, who is not gay. What we know from the research is that Jon has a rate of psychological adjustment problems including depressions, drug abuse, eating disorders, and homelessness as compared to Sid.

Higher rate

Explanation:

Usually people with exceptional gender and sexual preference are not treated equally by society,Society can end up seeing them as different, may treat them with mocking manner or discriminative behavior. This impacts people in negative manner ,making them sad, indulging in adverse habits, isolating themselves etc.

According to the question,among Jon and Sid , Jon is the one would face more psychological adjustment issues , can tend to indulge in drug issue,depression problem,eating issues etc due to his gender(gay) and sexual preference. Society may create certain pressure, mockery and prejudiced treatment towards him that may create depressive and unhappy environment for him.