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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2020 Jan 13;119(3):713–740. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000282

Table 4.

Predicting Mental Health Symptoms from Minority Stress, General Life Stress, and Gay Community Stress (N = 937) (Study 1)a

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
B (SE) β p B (SE) β p B (SE) β p



Step 1: Minority Stressors
 Sexual orientation concealment .00 (.03) .00 .91 −.02 (.03) −.03 .37 −.01 (.03) −.01 .63
 Internalized homonegativity .10 (.04) .10 .01 .06 (.03) .06 .06 .05 (.03) .05 .10
 Rejection sensitivity .01 (.00) .08 .01 .00 (.00) .04 .19 .00 (.00) .01 .64
 Discrimination .03 (.00) .26 < .01 .02 (.00) .17 < .01 .02 (.00) .14 < .01
Step 2: General Life Stress
 General life stress .04 (.00) .45 < .01 .04 (.00) .43 < .01
Step 3: Gay Community Stress
 Gay community stress .14 (.02) .17 < .01

  R2 .18 .34 .37
  R2 change .17 .03
  significance (p) of R2 change < .01 < .01
a

All models adjust for age, race, income, educational attainment, and relationship status