Table 1.

Sample Characteristics (N = 1,484)

	Total Sample	Told Stop Acting Feminine		Test Statistic (t/X2)	Sig.
		No (N=923)	Yes (N=561)
Age (M, SD)	20.80 (1.93)	20.80 (1.96)	20.52 (1.87)	−.20	.84
Completed High School	1431 (96.4%)	882 (95.6%)	549 (97.9%)	5.37	.02
Sexual Orientation
Gay	1371 (92.4%)	852 (92.3%)	519 (92.5%)	.02	.89
Bisexual	47 (3.2%)	29 (3.1%)	18 (3.2%)	.01	.94
Other	64 (4.3%)	41 (4.4%)	23 (4.1%)	.10	.75
Race
White	970 (65.4%)	641 (69.4%)	329 (58.6%)	17.98	.001
Black	130 (8.8%)	76 (8.2%)	54 (9.6%)	.85	.36
API	55 (3.7%)	23 (2.5%)	32 (5.7%)	10.09	.001
Latino	254 (17.1%)	137 (14.8%)	117 (20.9%)	8.89	.003
Multi-Racial/Other	75 (5.1%)	46 (5.0%)	29 (5.2%)	.03	.87
Substance Use
Alcohol	1126 (75.9%)	685 (74.2%)	441 (78.6%)	3.69	.05
Cigarettes	578 (38.9%)	338 (36.6%)	240 (42.8%)	5.57	.02
Marijuana	558 (37.6%)	326 (35.3%)	232 (41.4%)	5.42	.02
Hard Drug Use	227 (15.3%)	132 (14.3%)	95 (16.9%)	1.87	.17
Prescription drug use	109 (7.3%)	61 (6.6%)	48 (8.6%)	1.94	.16
Psychological Distress
Depression (M, SD)	2.17 (.64)	2.09 (.62)	2.30 (.66)	−5.99	.001
Anxiety (M, SD)	2.14 (1.02)	1.99 (.95)	2.39 (1.09)	−7.16	.001
Gender Policing	561 (37.8%)
Disciplinary Actions
Told to Change Behavior	521 (35.1%)		521 (92.9%)
Punished/Restricted Activities	183 (12.3%)		183 (32.6%)
Sent to Counseling	110 (7.4%)		110 (19.6%)
Sent to Religious Figure	80 (5.4%)		80 (14.3%)
Abuse	38 (2.6%)		38 (6.8%)
Masculine Activities	9 (0.6%)		9 (1.6%)
Number of Disciplinary Actions Experienced
0	930 (62.7%)		7 (1.2%)
1	309 (20.8%)		309 (55.1%)
2	143 (9.6%)		143 (25.5%)
3	63 (4.2%)		63 (11.2%)
4 or More	39 (2.7%)		39 (7.0%)

Notes. For bivariate comparisons of proportions, chi-square tests were used. For mean comparisons, t-test statistics are reported.