Table 2.
Associations between Experiences of Stress and Psychological Functioning (N=526)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Types of Stress | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Family Stress | 1.00 | 0.17** | 0.19** | 0.10+ | 0.26** | 0.15** | 0.22** | 0.14** | 0.14** | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.21** | 0.13* | 0.09+ | 0.25** |
| 2. School/work Stress | 1.00 | 0.27** | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.12* | 0.13* | 0.15** | 0.06 | −0.05 | 0.05 | 0.13* | 0.10+ | 0.10+ | 0.21** | |
| 3. Financial Stress | 1.00 | 0.04 | 0.22** | 0.21** | 0.13* | 0.17** | 0.10+ | −0.03 | 0.01 | 0.15** | 0.12* | 0.13* | 0.22** | ||
| 4. Partner-Related Stress | 1.00 | 0.07 | 0.21** | 0.11* | 0.16** | 0.12* | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15** | 0.05 | 0.14** | 0.17** | |||
| 5. Peer Non-acceptance of Sexuality | 1.00 | 0.16** | 0.12* | 0.19** | 0.05 | 0.10+ | −0.06 | 0.19** | 0.19** | 0.10+ | 0.24** | ||||
| 6. Stress Related to Own Health Concerns | 1.00 | 0.21** | 0.29** | 0.03 | −0.05 | 0.10+ | 0.22** | 0.08 | 0.15** | 0.26** | |||||
| 7. Stress Related to Friends' Health | 1.00 | 0.21** | 0.20** | −0.08 | 0.10+ | 0.16** | 0.05 | 0.12* | 0.20** | ||||||
| 8. Threat Related Stress | 1.00 | 0.11* | 0.03 | −0.07 | 0.17** | 0.19** | 0.21** | 0.26** | |||||||
| 9. Death Stress | 1.00 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.10+ | 0.06 | 0.08+ | 0.06 | ||||||||
| 10. Internalized Homophobia | 1.00 | −0.46** | −0.09+ | 0.17** | −0.08+ | 0.13* | |||||||||
| 11. Level of Disclosure | 1.00 | 0.08 | −0.34** | 0.20** | 0.01 | ||||||||||
| 12. Homophobia Growing Up | 1.00 | 0.30** | 0.26** | 0.31** | |||||||||||
| 13. Homophobia that Requires Identity Management | 1.00 | 0.13* | 0.27** | ||||||||||||
| 14. Extreme Homophobia (e.g., physical assault) | 1.00 | 0.24** | |||||||||||||
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| Psychological Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Emotional Distress | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||
Note. Due to the large number of tests, significance is set at
p ≤ .05;
p ≤ .01;
p ≤ .001.