A model of predictors and outcomes of outness among lesbian and bisexual women

Authors
Morris, JF Waldo, CR Rothblum, ED
Citation
Jf. Morris et al., A model of predictors and outcomes of outness among lesbian and bisexual women, AM J ORTHOP, 71(1), 2001, pp. 61-71
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY
ISSN journal
00029432 → ACNP
Volume
71
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
61 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(200101)71:1<61:AMOPAO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
In a structural equation model of 2,401 lesbian and bisexual women, three v ariables of lesbian sexual identity were found to predict outness, which pr edicted lower psychological distress, which, in turn, predicted lower suici dality. The model held true for the subsamples of European-American and Afr ican-American women, and to a lesser extent for those of Latina, Asian-Amer ican, Native-American, and Jewish women.