Table 5.
Individual and Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Factors Associated With Level of Youth Engagement in GSAs
Level 1 Model
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Multilevel Model
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Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE | |
Level 1: Individual level | ||||
Sexual orientation | 0.03 | 0.12 | −0.02 | 0.11 |
Male | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
Trans/gender-queer | 0.47** | 0.17 | 0.45** | 0.16 |
Race/ethnicity | −0.26* | 0.12 | −0.28** | 0.10 |
Membership duration | 0.31** | 0.05 | 0.31** | 0.05 |
LGB friends | 0.11** | 0.04 | 0.11** | 0.04 |
Trans friends | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
Support/socializing received | 0.23* | 0.09 | 0.23* | 0.09 |
Individual perception of structure (lin. fx) | −0.02 | 0.09 | −0.02 | 0.09 |
Individual perception of structure2 (quad, fx) | −0.14** | 0.04 | −0.13** | 0.04 |
Individual perception of open climate of GSA | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
Level 2: GSA level | ||||
Number of participants in the GSA | −0.06** | 0.01 | ||
Collective perception of structure (lin. fx) | 0.02 | 0.14 | ||
Collective perception of structure2 (quad, fx) | 0.04 | 0.05 | ||
Collective perception of open climate of GSA | 0.52* | 0.20 | ||
Deviance statistic | 623.65 | 603.72 |
Note. Values are unstandardized coefficient estimates and their standard errors (SE). Sexual orientation is dichotomized as 1 = sexual minority; race/ethnicity is dichotomized as 1 = racial/ethnic minority. Lin. fx = linear effect; quad fx = quadratic effect.
p < .05.
p < .01.