Cognitive and behavioural factors contributing to distress in LGBTQ+students: a prospective mediation study

Figures & data

Figure 1. Hypothesized structural model. Note. Paths predicted to be positive are marked with a (+) and paths that are negative are marked with a (−).

Table 1. Demographic information on the participants.

	Individuals with minority sexual orientation only
	Monosexual	Bisexual	Asexual	Other	Trans
Total (n)	196	109	30	72	117
Gender identity	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Man	86 (43.9)	20 (18.3)	5 (16.7)	10 (13.9)	30 (25.6)
Woman	84 (42.9)	73 (67.0)	11 (36.7)	29 (40.3)	8 (6.8)
Non-binary	26 (13.3)	16 (14.7)	14 (46.7)	33 (45.8)	79 (67.5)
Sexual orientation
Monosexual	–	–	–	–	20 (18.0)
Bisexual	–	–	–	–	31 (27.9)
Asexual	–	–	–	–	18 (16.2)
Other	–	–	–	–	42 (37.8)
Age
Mean	23.6	23.0	22.0	20.8	21.0
Range	16–64	16–54	16–53	16–33	16–53
Race
White	184 (95.3)	92 (84.4)	27 (90.0)	66 (91.7)	110 (94.0)
Asian	4 (2.1)	6 (5.5)	–	1 (1.4)	1 (.9)
Mixed race	4 (2.1)	7 (6.4)	3 (10.0)	4 (5.6)	5 (4.3)
Latino/Hispanic	1 (.5)	2 (1.8)	–	–	–
Black	–	2 (1.8)	–	1 (1.4)	1 (.9)
Type of student
College	40 (20.4)	18 (16.5)	6 (20.0)	23 (31.9)	37 (31.6)
Undergraduate	107 (54.6)	63 (57.8)	16 (53.3)	30 (41.7)	52 (44.4)
Masters	27 (13.8)	16 (14.7)	6 (20.0)	13 (18.1)	20 (17.1)
PhD	22 (11.2)	12 (11.0)	2 (6.7)	6 (8.3)	8 (6.8)

Other = Other Orientation (e.g. queer), Trans = transgender. Dashed cells indicate that there were no such participants. College students = pre-University in the UK, typically 16–18 years.

Figure 2. Final model. Structural equation model of the associations between general negative beliefs, psychological and behavioural responses, and distress. Note. Solid lines represent significant paths, dashed lines represent non-significant paths. All paths represent standardized estimates. Error terms were omitted from the model for coherence. *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.