Table 5.
Latent growth model depressive symptom disparities (bisexuals)
| Direct effects | Model 1 | Model 2 |
|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | B (SE) | |
| Intercept | ||
| Sexual orientation | 0.09 (0.03)** | 0.04 (0.03) |
| Standardized propensity score | 0.04 (0.01)*** | 0.04 (0.01)*** |
| Being bullied | 0.14 (0.03)*** | |
| Parental rejection | 0.23 (0.05)*** | |
| Constant | 0.26 (0.01)*** | 0.23 (0.01)*** |
| Slope | ||
| Sexual orientation | 0.03 (0.01)* | 0.03 (0.01)** |
| Standardized propensity score | 0.002 (0.004) | 0.002 (0.004) |
| Being bullied | −0.04 (0.01)** | |
| Parental rejection | −0.02 (0.02) | |
| Constant | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.014 (0.005)** |
| Being bullied | ||
| Sexual orientation | 0.17 (0.05)** | |
| Parental rejection | ||
| Sexual orientation | 0.08 (0.04)* | |
| Depressive symptoms wave 2 | ||
| Pubertal development | 0.004 (0.007) | |
| Pubertal development × LGB | −0.004 (0.017) | |
| Depressive symptoms wave 3 | ||
| Pubertal development | 0.004 (0.004) | |
| Pubertal development × LGB | 0.02 (0.01)ǂ | |
| Indirect effects | ||
| Sexual orientation → being bullied → intercept | 0.02 (0.01)** | |
| Sexual orientation → being bullied → slope | −0.006 (0.003)* | |
| Sexual orientation → parental rejection → intercept | 0.02 (0.01)* | |
| Sexual orientation → parental rejection → slope | −0.002 (0.001) | |
N = 856; 112 bisexual youth and 744 heterosexual youth
Unstandardized effects. Robust standard errors in parentheses
ǂ p < .10; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001