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Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2012 Jul 31;42(1):82–95. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9795-2

Table 3.

Mental Health Variables as a Function of Attraction and Identity

Variables	Attraction Model			Attraction & Identity Model
Variables	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Depressive symptoms (n=388)
Attraction
Constant	−0.15	0.09		−0.16	0.09
Low Attraction (LM/LF)	0.03	0.12	0.01	0.03	0.12	0.01
Female Attraction (LM/HF)	0.55^***	0.15	0.2	0.45^**	0.17	0.17
Bi-attraction (HM/HF)	0.44^**	0.16	0.15	0.37^*	0.16	0.13
Identity
Lesbian/Homosexual				0.08	0.38	0.01
Bisexual/Other				0.32	0.22	0.08
F	6.18^***			4.10^***
Anxiety (n=389)
Attraction
Constant	−0.08	0.09		−0.08	0.09
Low Attraction (LM/LF)	−0.05	0.12	−0.02	−0.05	0.12	−0.02
Female Attraction (LM/HF)	0.32^*	0.15	0.12	0.28	0.18	0.1
Bi-attraction (HM/HF)	0.34^*	0.16	0.12	0.31	0.16	0.11
Identity
Lesbian/Homosexual				−0.2	0.38	−0.03
Bisexual/Other				0.23	0.23	0.06
F	3.46^*			2.39^*
Self-esteem (n=387)
Attraction
Constant^†	0.15	0.09	--	0.15	0.09	--
Low Attraction (LM/LF)	−0.14	0.12	−0.07	−0.14	0.12	−0.07
Female Attraction (LM/HF)	−0.45^**	0.16	−0.16	−0.41^*	0.18	−0.15
Bi-attraction (HM/HF)	−0.22	0.16	−0.08	−0.18	0.17	−0.06
Identity
Lesbian/Homosexual		0.36	0.38	0.05
Bisexual/Other		−0.3	0.23	−0.08
F	2.85^*	2.39^*

^†

Note: Male Attraction (HM/LF) served as the referent group;

^*

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p <.001