Sexual orientation disparities in mental health: the moderating role of educational attainment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Mental health disparities between sexual minorities and heterosexuals remain inadequately understood, especially across levels of educational attainment. The purpose of the present study was to test whether education modifies the association between sexual orientation and mental disorder.

Methods

We compared the odds of past 12-month and lifetime psychiatric disorder prevalence (any Axis-I, any mood, any anxiety, any substance use, and comorbidity) between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) and heterosexual individuals by educational attainment (those with and without a bachelor's degree), adjusting for covariates, and tested for interaction between sexual orientation and educational attainment. Data are drawn from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Relat

SUBMITTER: Barnes DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4145056 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature