TABLE 4.

Sociodemographic differences in relational expectations and beliefs subscales among young gay and bisexual men (N = 1582)

Sociodemographic characteristics	Restrictions			Negative breakups			Masculine and gender norms			Optimism
	M (SD)	t or F	p	M (SD)	t or F	p	M (SD)	t or F	p	M (SD)	t or F	p
Sexual Identity		5.16	<.001		−0.57	.568		−1.28	.199		−2.14	.033
Gay or homosexual	1.94 (0.79)			2.85 (1.06)			3.09 (1.05)			3.56 (1.11)
Bisexual	2.53 (0.80)			2.76 (0.96)			2.90 (0.95)			3.21 (0.88)
Race/ethnicity		10.20	<.001		4.13	.006		3.59	.013		0.88	.450
Non-Hispanic White	1.89 (0.70)			2.81 (1.05)			3.03 (1.07)			3.53 (1.12)
Non-Hispanic Black	2.19 (0.93)			2.68 (0.98)			3.22 (0.98)			3.69 (1.07)
All Hispanic/Latino	2.12 (1.01)			3.02 (1.09)			3.14 (0.94)			3.54 (1.12)
Other race	1.94 (0.81)			2.93 (1.09)			3.29 (1.09)			3.56 (1.07)
Education level		0.27	.785		0.96	.338		0.85	.394		−1.54	.125
High school or less	1.97 (0.85)			2.89 (1.04)			3.13 (1.00)			3.47 (1.18)
Any college	1.95 (0.78)			2.83 (1.06)			3.07 (1.06)			3.57 (1.08)
Sociodemographic characteristics	Cheating			Immediacy			Sex beliefs			Equality
Sexual Identity		−0.88	.377		1.27	.206		−1.39	.164		−2.52	.012
Gay or homosexual	3.80 (1.14)			2.18 (1.15)			3.21 (0.62)			3.46 (0.54)
Bisexual	3.65 (1.01)			2.39 (0.99)			3.09 (0.52)			3.26 (0.72)
Race/ethnicity		1.35	.257		3.90	.009		2.00	.113		5.01	.002
Non-Hispanic White	3.75 (1.17)			2.13 (1.10)			3.21 (0.62)			3.48 (0.51)
Non-Hispanic Black	3.84 (1.02)			2.39 (1.33)			3.08 (0.63)			3.31 (0.62)
All Hispanic/Latino	3.89 (1.08)			2.34 (1.21)			3.23 (0.60)			3.39 (0.63)
Other race	3.88 (1.14)			2.13 (1.12)			3.22 (0.59)			3.47 (0.54)
Education level		1.96	.051		4.07	<.001		−6.26	<.001		−2.13	.033
High school or less	3.89 (1.11)			2.39 (1.25)			3.03 (0.65)			3.40 (0.54)
Any college	3.76 (1.15)			2.12 (1.10)			3.26 (0.59)			3.47 (0.55)