Does Stress Explain the Effects of Sexual/Gender Minority Status on Children’s Behavioral and Emotional Risk?

Open Journal of Psychology | Vol 5, Issue 1

Table 3. Summary of the Structural Equation ModelFindings

Coefficient	Std. Err.	95%	CI	p
Suicide Attempt History (Lifetime)
Family Conflict	0.009	0.002	0.005	0.014	< 0.001
Discrimination	0.032	0.006	0.021	0.043	< 0.001
Trauma	0.004	0.002	0.000	0.007	0.067
Sexual/Gender Minority	0.040	0.018	0.005	0.074	0.024
Age	0.003	0.005	-0.006	0.012	0.468
Parental Education (years)	0.000	0.001	-0.001	0.002	0.599
Married household	-0.024	0.005	-0.034	-0.013	< 0.001
MDD (Past-year diagnosis)
Family Conflict	0.001	0.001	-0.002	0.004	0.616
Discrimination	0.029	0.003	0.022	0.036	< 0.001
Trauma	0.002	0.001	-0.001	0.005	0.144
Sexual/Gender Minority	0.035	0.013	0.010	0.060	0.007
Age	0.006	0.003	0.000	0.012	0.050
Parental Education (years)	-0.001	0.001	-0.002	0.000	0.175
Married household	-0.005	0.003	-0.012	0.002	0.153
Future Nicotine Use
Family Conflict	0.006	0.002	0.002	0.010	0.005
Discrimination	0.020	0.005	0.011	0.030	< 0.001
Trauma	0.007	0.002	0.003	0.011	0.001
Sexual/Gender Minority	0.023	0.017	-0.010	0.056	0.172
Age	0.033	0.004	0.025	0.041	< 0.001
Male	-0.008	0.004	-0.016	0.000	0.058
Parental Education (years)	-0.001	0.001	-0.003	0.000	0.094
Married household	-0.021	0.005	-0.030	-0.012	< 0.001
Future Marijuana Use
Family Conflict	0.003	0.002	0.000	0.007	0.036
Discrimination	0.014	0.004	0.006	0.022	< 0.001
Trauma	0.004	0.002	0.001	0.007	0.015
Sexual/Gender Minority	0.042	0.014	0.015	0.069	0.002
Age	0.028	0.003	0.022	0.034	0.000
Male	0.000	0.003	-0.006	0.007	0.901
Parental Education (years)	-0.002	0.001	-0.003	-0.001	0.006
Married household	-0.021	0.004	-0.028	-0.013	< 0.001
Family Conflict
Sexual/Gender Minority	-0.085	0.076	-0.235	0.064	0.263
Age	0.000	0.018	-0.036	0.036	0.998
Male	0.082	0.019	0.046	0.119	< 0.001
Parental Education (years)	-0.012	0.004	-0.019	-0.004	0.001
Married household	-0.167	0.021	-0.208	-0.125	< 0.001
Discrimination
Sexual/Gender Minority	0.002	0.034	-0.064	0.068	0.950
Age	-0.021	0.008	-0.037	-0.005	0.010
Male	0.067	0.008	0.051	0.083	< 0.001
Parental Education (years)	-0.022	0.002	-0.025	-0.019	< 0.001
Married household	-0.079	0.009	-0.098	-0.061	< 0.001
Trauma
Sexual/Gender Minority	0.099	0.081	-0.060	0.259	0.221
Age	-0.002	0.019	-0.040	0.036	0.907
Male	-0.001	0.020	-0.040	0.038	0.957
Parental Education (years)	-0.004	0.004	-0.011	0.004	0.307
Married household	-0.275	0.022	-0.319	-0.231	< 0.001
*Note:* Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)