Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Baseline Demographic Variables and Psychological Well-being Indicators by Sex
| Males M(SD)/N(%) |
Females M(SD)/N(%) |
Total M(SD)/N(%) |
t/χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 16.97(1.28) | 17.05(1.26) | 17.01(1.27) | -0.60 |
| Residence | 2.05 | |||
| City | 139(73.2%) | 107(66.9%) | 246(70.3%) | |
| Suburb | 42(22.1%) | 41(25.6%) | 83(23.7%) | |
| Small Town/Rural | 9(4.7%) | 12(7.5%) | 21(6.0%) | |
| Educational Attainment | 11.17(1.49) | 11.43(1.50) | 11.29(1.50) | -1.63 |
| Race | 22.49*** | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 99(52.1%) | 49(30.6%) | 148(42.3%) | |
| African American/Black | 38(20.5%) | 35(21.9%) | 73(20.9%) | |
| White/Caucasian | 39(20.5%) | 43(26.9%) | 82(23.4%) | |
| Other | 14(7.4%) | 33(20.6%) | 47(13.4%) | |
| Kinsey Scale | 4.48(1.35) | 4.00(1.40) | 4.26(1.39) | 3.28*** |
| Same-Sex Attraction | 0.09 | |||
| Slightly | 16 (8.4%) | 13(8.1%) | 29(8.3%) | |
| Moderately | 31 (16.3%) | 28(17.5%) | 59(16.9%) | |
| Very | 55 (28.9%) | 46(28.8%) | 101(28.9%) | |
| Extremely | 88 (46.3%) | 73(45.6%) | 161(46%) | |
| Out to Family | 3.17(1.48) | 2.85(1.45) | 3.02(1.47) | 2.03* |
| Out to Friends | 3.96(1.25) | 4.30(1.04) | 4.11(1.17) | -2.76** |
| Social Support | ||||
| Time 1 | 3.63(.88) | 3.39(.85) | 3.52(.88) | 2.55** |
| Time 2 | 3.75(.85) | 3.55(.84) | 3.66(.85) | 2.21* |
| Self-Esteem | ||||
| Time 1 | 3.27(.45) | 3.10(.53) | 3.19(.49) | 3.15** |
| Time 2 | 3.28(.45) | 3.19(.52) | 3.24(.48) | 1.72 |
| Homophobia1 | ||||
| Time 1 | 0.53(.43) | 0.40(.38) | 0.47(.42) | 3.11** |
| Time 2 | 0.43(.46) | 0.29(.33) | 0.36(.41) | 3.24*** |
| Depression | ||||
| Time 1 | 9.63(8.63) | 13.48(10.34) | 11.39(9.63) | -3.79** |
| Time 2 | 9.01(8.27) | 11.30(9.04) | 10.06(8.69) | -2.45* |
| Anxiety | ||||
| Time 1 | 0.70(.68) | 0.86(.81) | 0.77(.75) | -1.93 |
| Time 2 | 0.59(.69) | 0.76(.77) | 0.67(.73) | -2.13* |
*
p ≤ .05,
**
p ≤ .01,
***
p ≤ .001
1
Raw means are presented across groups, yet the t-test statistic is computed with the log-10 transformation.