Table 3.
Summary of multilevel models predicting daily negative affect (N = 3,421)
| Model 1: Main effect of SM status or sexual orientationa | Model 2: Interaction between SM status or sexual orientation and daily stress exposurea | Model 3: Interaction between SM status or sexual orientation and daily stress exposure with all covariatesb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SM (n = 98) vs. heterosexual (n = 3,323) | |||
| Fixed effects | |||
| Intercept | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.15 (0.03)*** |
| Any stressors (0 = no, 1 = yes) | 0.13 (0.01)*** | 0.12 (0.01)*** | 0.12 (0.01)*** |
| SM status (0 = heterosexual, 1 = SM) | −0.004 (0.03) | −0.02 (0.03) | −0.03 (0.02) |
| Any stressors*SM status | 0.05 (0.03)* | 0.07 (0.03)* | |
| Variance components | |||
| Between-person (level 2) variance (Intercept) | 0.04 (0.001)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.03 (0.001)*** |
| Within-person across days (level-1) variance (Intercept) | 0.07 (0.001)*** | 0.07 (0.001)*** | 0.06 (0.001)*** |
| Any stressors | 0.04 (0.001)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** |
| Model fit | |||
| AIC | 11020.6 | 11019.6 | 9099.0 |
| BIC | 11075.8 | 11080.9 | 9214.3 |
| Lesbian/gay (n = 58) and bisexual (n = 40) vs. heterosexual (n = 3,323) | |||
| Fixed effects | |||
| Intercept | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.15 (0.03)*** |
| Any stressors (0 = no, 1 = yes) | 0.13 (0.01)*** | 0.12 (0.010)*** | 0.12 (0.01)*** |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Lesbian/gay vs. heterosexual | 0.01 (0.03) | −0.003 (0.03) | −0.02 (0.03) |
| Bisexual vs. heterosexual | 0.01 (0.04) | −0.01 (0.04) | −0.06 (0.04) |
| Interactions | |||
| Any stressors*lesbian/gay | 0.05 (0.04) | 0.06 (0.04) | |
| Any stressors*bisexual | 0.09 (0.05) * | 0.09 (0.05)* | |
| Variance components | |||
| Between-person (level 2) variance (Intercept) | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.04 (0.001)*** | 0.03 (0.001)*** |
| Within-person across days (level-1) variance (Intercept) | 0.07 (0.001)*** | 0.07 (0.001)*** | 0.06 (0.001)*** |
| Any stressors | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** |
| Model fit | |||
| AIC | 11022.5 | 11020.6 | 9102.1 |
| BIC | 11083.8 | 11094.2 | 9229.6 |
| SM females (n = 49) vs. heterosexual females (n = 1,726) | |||
| Fixed effects | |||
| Intercept | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.11 (0.04)** |
| Any stressors (0 = no, 1 = yes) | 0.13 (0.01)*** | 0.13 (0.01)*** | 0.13 (0.01)*** |
| SM status (0 = heterosexual, 1 = SM females) | 0.01 (0.03) | −0.01 (0.04) | −0.03 (0.03) |
| Any stressors*SM status | 0.09 (0.05)† | 0.08 (0.05)† | |
| Variance components | |||
| Between-person (level 2) variance (Intercept) | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.03 (0.002)*** |
| Within-person across days (level-1) variance (Intercept) | 0.07 (0.001)*** | 0.07 (0.001)*** | 0.07 (0.001)*** |
| Any stressors | 0.04 (0.003)*** | 0.04 (0.003)*** | 0.04 (0.003)*** |
| Model fit | |||
| AIC | 6583.5 | 6582.0 | 6384.5 |
| BIC | 6632.9 | 6636.8 | 6477.5 |
| SM males (n = 49) vs. heterosexual males (n = 1,428) | |||
| Fixed effects | |||
| Intercept | 0.14 (0.01)*** | 0.14 (0.02)*** | 0.17 (0.04)*** |
| Any stressors (0 = no, 1 = yes) | 0.11 (0.01)*** | 0.11 (0.01)*** | 0.11 (0.01)*** |
| SM status (0 = heterosexual, 1 = SM males) | −0.001 (0.03) | −0.01 (0.04) | −0.04 (0.04) |
| Any stressors*SM status | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.06 (0.04) | |
| Variance components | |||
| Between-person (level 2) variance (Intercept) | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.04 (0.002)*** | 0.03 (0.001)*** |
| Within-person across days (level-1) variance (Intercept) | 0.06 (0.001)*** | 0.06 (0.001)*** | 0.05 (0.001)*** |
| Any stressors | 0.03 (0.003)*** | 0.03 (0.003)*** | 0.03 (0.003)*** |
| Model fit | |||
| AIC | 2962.3 | 2963.6 | 2516.4 |
| BIC | 3010.0 | 3016.6 | 2611.3 |
Note. SM = sexual minority.
a Covariates: duration in the study (day 1 = 1, day 2 = 2, …, day 8 = 8), day of week (Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, …, Sunday = 7), between-person stress exposure;
b Covariates: duration in the study (day 1 = 1, day 2 = 2, …, day 8 = 8), day of week (Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, …, Sunday = 7), between-person stress exposure, age (in years), sex (0 = male, 1 = female), race (0 = non-White, 1 = White), Education (0 = high school or less, 1 = some college or more), marital status (0 = other, 1 = married), subjective physical health (0 = poor/ fair, 1 = good/ very good/ excellent), neuroticism trait (score), and wave of study (MIDUS-R is the reference).
†p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.