Table 1.
Unconditional and Conditional Direct Effects of Sexual Orientation Identity and Homophobic Bullying on Drinking Frequency and Heavy Episodic Drinking Frequency
| Drinking frequency | HED frequency | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: Unconditional direct effects | Model 2: Conditional direct effects | Model 1: Unconditional direct effects | Model 2: Conditional direct effects | |||||||||||||
| b | SE | B | p | b | SE | B | p | b | SE | B | p | b | SE | B | p | |
| Black females | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesbian/gay | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.43 | −0.03 | 0.08 | −0.01 | 0.75 | −0.09 | 0.13 | −0.02 | 0.49 |
| Bisexual | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.77 | −0.04 | 0.11 | −0.01 | 0.71 |
| Unsure | −0.01 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.93 | −0.05 | 0.16 | −0.01 | 0.73 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.62 |
| Homophobic bullying | — | — | — | — | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.20 | — | — | — | — | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.36 |
| Latina females | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesbian/gay | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.74 |
| Bisexual | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.28 |
| Unsure | 0.46 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
| Homophobic bullying | — | — | — | — | 0.52 | 0.14 | 0.14 | <0.001 | — | — | — | — | 0.37 | 0.13 | 0.12 | <0.001 |
| White females | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesbian/gay | −0.04 | 0.12 | −0.01 | 0.71 | −0.17 | 0.12 | −0.02 | 0.18 | −0.08 | 0.10 | −0.01 | 0.45 | −0.14 | 0.11 | −0.02 | 0.22 |
| Bisexual | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.26 |
| Unsure | −0.06 | 0.10 | −0.01 | 0.58 | −0.10 | 0.10 | −0.02 | 0.31 | −0.04 | 0.09 | −0.01 | 0.71 | −0.06 | 0.09 | −0.01 | 0.52 |
| Homophobic bullying | — | — | — | — | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| Black males | ||||||||||||||||
| Gay | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.92 | −0.19 | 0.18 | −0.03 | 0.31 | −0.09 | 0.09 | −0.01 | 0.30 | −0.24 | 0.14 | −0.04 | 0.08 |
| Bisexual | 0.59 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.55 |
| Unsure | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.55 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.87 |
| Homophobic bullying | — | — | — | — | 0.32 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.02 | — | — | — | — | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| Latino males | ||||||||||||||||
| Gay | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.49 | −0.09 | 0.22 | −0.01 | 0.70 | −0.02 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.92 | −0.18 | 0.18 | −0.03 | 0.30 |
| Bisexual | 0.65 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.40 |
| Unsure | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.16 |
| Homophobic bullying | — | — | — | — | 0.52 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.06 |
| White males | ||||||||||||||||
| Gay | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.81 | −0.06 | 0.15 | −0.01 | 0.68 | −0.16 | 0.15 | −0.03 | 0.30 |
| Bisexual | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.63 | −0.03 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.86 |
| Unsure | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.53 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.48 |
| Homophobic bullying | — | — | — | — | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.06 | — | — | — | — | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.01 |
Heterosexual youth were the reference group for all comparisons. Significant estimates (p ≤ 0.05) are shown in bold.
HED, heavy episodic drinking.