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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2014 Sep;84(5):557–566. doi: 10.1037/ort0000024

Table 3.

Regression Models Explaining Sexual Orientation Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Psychological Well-Being

b B p 95% CI
Lower Upper
Depressive symptoms
Model 1a (R2 = .08)
    Intercept 21.65 0.00 18.66 24.64
    Female −1.19 −0.05 0.35 −3.66 1.29
    Racial/ethnic minority −0.16 −0.01 0.90 −2.57 2.25
    Education: BA or greater −6.31 −0.26 0.00 −8.59 −4.03
    Lesbian, gay, or bisexual 2.70 0.11 0.02 0.40 5.00
Model 1b (R2 = .20)
    Intercept 17.16 0.00 14.11 20.21
    Female −1.00 −0.04 0.40 −3.33 1.33
    Racial/ethnic minority −0.15 −0.01 0.90 −2.42 2.11
    Education: BA or greater −5.10 −0.21 0.00 −7.26 −2.94
    Lesbian, gay, or bisexual 2.09 0.09 0.06 −0.11 4.29
    Interpersonal barriers to relationship projects 0.89 0.12 0.06 −0.04 1.82
    Interpersonal barriers to work projects 0.24 0.03 0.57 −0.59 1.08
    Macrosocial barriers to relationship projects 1.88 0.20 0.00 0.79 2.96
    Macrosocial barriers to work projects 0.61 0.08 0.16 −0.25 1.48

Psychological well-being
Model 2a (R2 = .09)
    Intercept 5.07 0.00 4.85 5.29
    Female 0.23 0.12 0.01 0.05 0.41
    Racial/ethnic minority 0.11 0.06 0.21 −0.06 0.29
    Education: BA or greater 0.43 0.24 0.00 0.26 0.60
    Lesbian, gay, or bisexual −0.17 −0.10 0.04 −0.34 0.00
Model 2b (R2 = .24)
    Intercept 5.41 0.00 5.19 5.63
    Female 0.21 0.11 0.02 0.04 0.38
    Racial/ethnic minority 0.12 0.07 0.14 −0.04 0.29
    Education: BA or greater 0.34 0.19 0.00 0.18 0.49
    Lesbian, gay, or bisexual −0.10 −0.06 0.20 −0.26 0.06
    Interpersonal barriers to relationship projects −0.11 −0.19 0.00 −0.17 −0.04
    Interpersonal barriers to work projects −0.02 −0.04 0.49 −0.08 0.04
    Macrosocial barriers to relationship projects −0.08 −0.12 0.04 −0.16 0.00
    Macrosocial barriers to work projects −0.08 −0.13 0.02 −0.14 −0.01