Table 3.
Multivariate linear regressions of relationship trajectories on psychological well-being over time for male (N = 190) and female (N = 160) sexual minority youth
| Self-Esteem b(SE) |
Homophobia1 b(SE) |
Depression b(SE) |
Anxiety b(SE) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALES | ||||
| Intercept | 1.48(.48)** | .25(.45) | 13.21(7.89) | 1.29(0.73) |
| Score at T1 | .47(.07)** | .55(.07)** | .43(.06)** | .34(.07)** |
| Age | -.02(.02) | .003(.02) | .20(.41) | -.01(.04) |
| Kinsey Scale | .004(.02) | .006(.03) | -.83(.42)* | -.06(.04) |
| Out to Family | -.01(.02) | -.003(.02) | .16(.42) | -.03(.04) |
| Out to Friends | .06(.03)* | -.01(.03) | -.01(.49) | .04(.04) |
| Social Support (T1) | -.02(.04) | .02(.04) | 1.02(.72) | .08(.07) |
| Social Support (T2) | .09(.04)* | -.05(.04) | -3.06(.73)** | -.22(.07)** |
| SSR12 | .09(.09) | .10(.09) | -2.09(1.62) | -.23(.15) |
| SSR22 | .06(.08) | -.04(.08) | -.10(1.35) | -.08(.12) |
| SSR-SSR2 | .15(.07)* | -.11(.08) | -1.25(1.33) | .06(.12) |
| In OSR (T1) 3 | .14(.12) | .28(.13)* | -1.39(2.17) | -.09(.20) |
| In OSR (T2) 3 | .16(.16) | -.001(.16) | 2.43(2.81) | .35(.25) |
| R-Squared | 28.1% | 25.3% | 32.0% | 18.6% |
| FEMALES | ||||
| Intercept | 1.71(.51)** | .49(.25)* | -6.10(10.27) | -.10(.90) |
| Score at T1 | .61(.06)** | .35(.07)** | .29(.07)** | .33(.07)** |
| Age | -.05(.03) † | .001(.01) | 1.31(.54)* | .04(.05) |
| Kinsey Scale | .03(.03) | .00(.02) | -.02 (.62) | -.02(.06) |
| Out to Family | -.01(.03) | .01(.01) | .40(.56) | .01(.05) |
| Out to Friends | -.02(.03) | -.04(.02)** | -.53(.70) | .04(.06) |
| Social Support (T1) | -.04(.04) | .03(.02) | .95(.86) | .15(.08) † |
| Social Support (T2) | .12(.04)** | -.07(.02)** | -2.88(.86)** | -.20(.08)** |
| SSR12 | .10(.09) | -.08(.05)† | -2.51(1.86) | -0.18(.16) |
| SSR22 | .05(.11) | -.15(.05)** | -.65(2.20) | .03(.19) |
| SSR-SSR2 | .06(.09) | -.07(.05) | -.53(1.87) | -.11(.17) |
| In OSR (T1) 3 | -.07 (.10) | .02(.05) | 1.88(2.03) | -.11(.18) |
| In OSR (T2) 3 | .08(.08) | -.01(.04) | -.29(1.76) | .13(.16) |
| R-Squared | 41.5% | 24.7% | 18.3% | 11.2% |
p ≤ .10,
p ≤ .05,
p ≤ .01
Internalized homophobia was computed using a log-10 transformation to alleviate skewness.
NoSSR trajectory serves as reference group.
‘No’ category servers as reference group.
Note. ‘SSR1’ includes youth who reported one or more serious (more than 3 months) SSR in the past year at baseline and no SSR in the past year at follow-up; ‘SSR2’ includes youth who reported no serious SSR in the past year at baseline and one or more SSRs in the past year at follow-up; ‘SSR-SSR’ includes youth who reported having one or more SSRs in the past year at both baseline and follow-up. ‘OSR’ indicates youth's participation in an opposite-sex relationship at time of interview.