Table 2.
Correlations and Group Differences of COMIS Factors With Selected Demographics Plus Measures Of Impact, Self-Stigma, and Stigma Management Strategies (n = 64)
| Selected demographics | Factor 1: Current benefits of being out (BBO) |
Factor 2: Past reasons for staying in the closet (RSI) |
|---|---|---|
| Age | r = .05 | r = .04 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | M = 4.33, SD = 1.53 | M = 3.92, SD = 1.73 |
| Female | M = 4.80, SD = 1.85 | M = 5.36, SD = .97 |
| F(1,60) = 1.12, ns | F(1,60) = 11.90, p<.001 | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| African American | M = 4.97, SD = 1.40 | M = 4.44, SD = 1.55 |
| European American | M = 3.54, SD = 1.62 | M = 4.21, SD = 1.90 |
| F(1,60) = 12.36, p<.005 | F(1,57) = .23, ns | |
| Education | ||
| ≤ High school | M = 4.53, SD = 1.62 | M = 4.00, SD = 1.78 |
| ≥ Some college | M = 4.44, SD = 1.69 | M = 4.60, SD = 1.58 |
| F(1,62) = .04, ns | F(1,62) = 1.87, ns | |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | M = 4.61, SD = 1.55 | M = 4.46, SD = 1.66 |
| Married/separated/divorced | M = 4.16, SD = 1.85 | M = 4.24, SD = 1.71 |
| F(1,62) = 1.0, ns | F(1,62) = .24, ns | |
| Diagnoses | M = 4.86, SD = 1.57 | M = 4.08, SD = 1.55 |
| Psychosis (yes) | M = 3.96, SD = 1.64 | M = 4.79, SD = 1.75 |
| Psychosis (no) | F(1,62) = 4.96, p = .09 | F(1,62) = 2.81, p<.05 |
| Current Antipsychotics | ||
| Yes | M = 4.53, SD = 1.67 | M = 4.00, SD = 1.65 |
| No | M = 4.31, SD = 1.63 | M = 5.34, SD = 1.32 |
| F(1,62) = .23, ns | F(1,62) = 9.40, p<.005 | |
| Times hospitalized | r = .04 | r = −.00 |
| Times involuntarily hospitalized | r = −.01 | r = −.02 |
| Impact | ||
| Quality of life | r = .32** | r = −.10 |
| Self-stigma and empowerment | ||
| PDDQ: perceived stigma | r = −.21* | r = .21* |
| ES: total personal empowerment | r = .29** | R = −.15 |
Note. COMIS = Coming Out with Mental Illness Scale; PDDQ = Perceived Devaluation-Discrimination Questionnaire; ES = Empowerment Scale.
*
p<.10;
**
p<.05.