Table 3.

Logistic regressions predicting disclosure of sexual orientation

Overall Model	−2 log L		Wald’s χ2
	Intercept only	Intercept and covariates
Disclosure to the mother	291.30	270.01	26.76d
Disclosure to the father	156.61	126.74	21.79c
Disclosure to the closest friend	341.72	282.44	46.58d
Parameters of the models	Odds ratio	Parameter Estimate	Wald’s χ2	95% CI
Disclosure to the mother (N = 245)
Intercept		−6.08	19.36d
U.S. acculturation	1.94	0.66	7.09b	1.19 – 3.15
Gender non-conformity	0.41	0.44	7.41b	1.28 – 4.61
Comfort with sexual orientation	1.82	0.60	7.49b	1.18 – 2.79
Gay-related discrimination	0.69	−0.37	2.47	0.43 – 1.10
Satisfaction with social support	1.66	0.51	5.33a	1.08 – 2.56
Disclosure to the father (N = 183)
Intercept		−10.79	21.39d
U.S. acculturation	2.26	0.82	5.24a	1.12 – 4.55
Gender non-conformity	0.32	0.58	5.59a	0.12 – 0.82
Comfort with sexual orientation	2.21	0.79	3.68a	0.98 – 4.97
Satisfaction with social support	2.90	1.07	9.27b	1.46 – 5.76
Disclosure to the closest friend (N = 300)
Intercept		−4.76	17.25d
U.S. acculturation	1.57	0.45	3.35+	0.97 – 2.54
Gay community involvement	2.23	0.80	17.50d	1.53 – 3.25
Satisfaction with social support	1.58	0.46	4.44a	1.03 – 2.43
Closest Friend (CF)
◆CF: heterosexual male vs. female	0.31	−1.09	11.59c	0.11 – 0.87
◆CF: gay male vs. female	2.45	0.99	20.57d	1.24 – 4.85

⁺p < .1,

^ap < .05,

^bp < .01,

^cp < .001,

^dp < .0001