Table 2.

Unconditional and conditional models testing the confounding effects of victimization, cybervictimization, and non-parental adult support in the association between sexual identity and mental health outcomes

	Females							Males							Sex differences
	Unconditional Model			Conditional Model				Unconditional Model			Conditional Model				Direct Assoc.	Indirect Assoc.
	B	SE	OR	B	SE	OR	% Reduction	B	SE	OR	B	SE	OR	% Reduction	Wald χ2	Wald χ2
Feeling Sad
LGBQ	.86	.17	2.37***	.59	.19	1.81**		1.62	.38	5.08***	1.22	.36	3.40**		4.27*
Victimization				.63	.12	1.88***	16.00%**				.60	.14	1.83***	16.92%**	0.80	2.51
Cybervictimization				.78	.13	2.19***	7.51%				.80	.23	2.22**		0.03
Non-Parental Adult Support				−.13	.03	.88***	7.76%**				−.13	.04	0.88**	3.82%	0.18	0.16
Suicidal Thoughts
LGBQ	1.34	.22	3.80***	1.06	.22	2.89***		2.30	.31	9.92***	1.80	.29	6.03***		4.32*
Victimization				.60	.11	1.82***	9.79%**				.65	.15	1.92***	13.07%**	0.38	3.23
Cybervictimization				.75	.21	2.13**	4.72%				1.05	.38	2.87**		2.13
Non-Parental Adult Support				−.16	.07	0.85*	5.94%*				−.22	.06	0.80***	4.75%*	0.01	0.01
Suicidal Attempts
LGBQ	.96	.22	2.62***	.76	.22	2.13***		1.60	.33	4.97***	1.24	.32	3.47***		2.44
Victimization				.55	.18	1.73**	11.07%*				.50	.12	1.65***	13.50%*	1.09	1.14
Cybervictimization				.72	.23	2.05**	5.32%				.41	.33	1.51		0.60
Non-Parental Adult Support				−.09	.06	0.91	4.99%				−.20	.07	0.82**	6.65%	0.24	0.20

Note.

^***p < .001;

^**p < .01;

^*p < .05.

% Reduction = percentage reduction in coefficients of LGBQ attributable to the confounder variable. N_female range = 926–1047 and N_male range = 753–885.

Coefficients are adjusted by age, race and ethnicity. Wald Chi-square tests were employed by constraining each direct and indirect association of sexual identity and the confounders on the outcomes to be equal across females and males. A significant wald chi square indicates that beta coefficients are significantly different between females and males