Table 3.
Mean (SD) and Group Differences for Key Variables
| Men n = 184 M (SD) |
Women n = 205 M (SD) |
Gays/ Lesbians n = 195 M (SD) |
Bisexuals n = 194 M (SD) |
Gay Men n = 97 M (SD) |
Bisexual Men n = 87 M (SD) |
Lesbians n = 98 M (SD) |
Bisexual Women n = 107 M (SD) |
Total N = 389 M (SD) |
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| SHAME | 2.62 (.68) | 2.79 (.71) | 2.74 (.70) | 2.67 (.70) | 2.67 (.68) | 2.56 (.68) | 2.81 (.71) | 2.76 (.71) | 2.71 (.70) |
| ANCOVA | ns | ns | ns | ||||||
| GUILT | 3.71 (.61) | 3.95 (.61) | 3.62 (.60) | 3.76 (.64) | 3.79 (.57) | 3.62 (.64) | 4.04 (.61) | 3.87 (.61) | 3.84 (.62) |
| ANCOVA | F (1, 387) = 10.32*** | F (1, 387) = 5.15* |
F (3, 384) = 5.55*** Posthoc: L > BM |
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| INTER-NALIZED HETERO.1 | 67.84 (20.43) | 59.11 (16.85) | 57.95 (15.80) | 68.70 (20.67) | 62.27 (17.46) | 74.16 (21.77) | 53.64 (12.63) | 64.21 (18.65) | 63.27 (19.12) |
| ANOVA | F (1, 371) = 20.36*** | F (1, 371) = 31.81*** |
F (3, 371) = 19.68*** Posthoc: BM > GM, L, BW |
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| ALCOHOL SEVERITY2 | 11.63 (7.37) | 10.20 (6.84) | 10.21 (7.10) | 11.55 (7.10) | 10.65 (7.08) | 12.74 (7.58) | 9.77 (7.13) | 10.59 (6.58) | 10.87 (7.13) |
| ANOVA | F (1, 387) = 3.97* | F (1, 386) = 3.47† |
F (3, 387) = 2.90* Posthoc: BM > L |
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1
Possible range: 31–155.
2
Possible range: 1–40. *p < .05, **p < .01. Note: “GM” refers to gay men, “BM” refers to bisexual men, “L” refers to lesbians, and “BW” refers to bisexual women.
*
p < .05,
***
p < .001,
†
p = .06.