Table 1.

Rotated Factor Loadings for Coping with LGB Minority Stress Measure

Item	LGBT-Specific	Alternative-Seeking	Cognitive Strategies
Getting involved in LGBT groups or orgs	.489	.067	.149
Looking for services for LGBT youth	.712	.096	−.068
Looking for information on LGBT issues	.969	−.035	.024
Going online or using the internet to find LGBT connections	.037	.78	−.161
Looking for places to spend time that felt safer or more accepting	.029	.73	.067
Trying to find an alt. living situation away from family	−.035	.835	.069
Looking for new friends who would be more accepting	.039	.486	.144
Spending more time by yourself to figure things out	−.049	.034	.792
Imagining a better future for yourself	.015	.088	.526
Just trying to put it all out of your mind	.015	−.054	.547
Avoiding other people	.145	−.04	.680
Trying to find an alt. classroom/high school that would be more accepting
Trying to appear more openly gay or lesbian
Engaging in political or social activism
Focusing on a job or employment
Engaging in creative, musical, or artistic activities
Looking for comfort & support from a romantic partner
Focusing on the positive things going on in your life
Looking to religion or spirituality for comfort
Confronting the people or situation that were causing you problems
Focusing on academic work
Looking for support from accepting family members/relatives
Looking for support from accepting adults who were not members of your family
Looking for support from friends
Choosing to get professional counseling
Writing in a journal

Note. Boldface factor loadings represent the retained items for each respective factor. The item “Going online or using the internet to find LGBT connections” (italicized) was removed during measurement equivalence testing by sex. Items without factor loadings were removed in prior EFA models because of dual-loadings or factor loadings < .40.