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