Table 4.
Correlations of Couple Minority Stress Subscales with Mental Health Measures Controlling for Individual-Level Minority Stress Measures (N = 212 Individual Partners from 106 Couples)
| Zero-Order Correlations | Semipartial Correlations | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stigma | IH | ED | SMC | CSI | K6 | CESD | AUDIT | CSI | K6 | CESD | AUDIT | |
| I. Couple-Level Stigma | .53*** | .55*** | .62*** | .48*** | −.43*** | .38*** | .38*** | .55** | −.25** | .15* | .23** | .26*** |
| II. Couple-Level Discrimination | .54*** | .59*** | .68*** | .68*** | −.50*** | .37*** | .28** | .54*** | −.31** | .11 | .07 | .25*** |
| III. Seeking Safety as a Couple | .22** | .17* | .23** | .16* | .04 | .16* | .29*** | .19* | .14 | .06 | .21** | .05 |
| IV. Perceived Unequal Relationship Recognition | .38*** | .44*** | .39*** | .38*** | −.39*** | .30*** | .34*** | .40*** | −.21* | .12* | .23** | .17** |
| V. Couple-Level Visibility | .52*** | .50*** | .55*** | .60*** | −.47*** | .36*** | .39*** | .51*** | −.25** | .15* | .26** | .27*** |
| VI. Managing Stereotypes about Same-Sex Couples | .54*** | .44*** | .53*** | .48*** | −.32*** | .41*** | .42*** | .44*** | −.09 | .22*** | .28** | .15* |
| VII. Lack of Integration with Families of Origin | .14 | .19* | .17 | .25** | −.43*** | .12 | −.09 | .20** | −.34*** | .05 | −.16* | .12* |
| VIII. Lack of Social Support for Couples | .31*** | .33*** | .33*** | .41*** | −.58*** | .24*** | .20** | .37*** | −.45*** | .11 | .09 | .22*** |
Notes:
p < .05
p < .01
p < .001.
Zero-order correlations were estimated via full-information maximum likelihood estimation (FIML) in Mplus 8. P-values were computed assuming 212 individuals were clustered within 106 couples. Semipartial correlations controlled for the following individual-level minority stress measures: sexual minority stigma, internalized homophobia, everyday discrimination, and sexual minority concealment. CSI: Couple Satisfaction Index (relationship satisfaction); K6: non-specific psychological distress; CESD: Center for Epidemiological Studies depressive symptomatology scale); AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Stigma: sexual minority stigma (individual level); IH: internalized homophobia (individual level); ED: everyday discrimination (individual level); SMC: sexual minority concealment.