Table 3 Results of univariate logistic regression of gender identity and adolescent experience on psychological distress

Raised as a girl at an early age

  Yes

207 (41.6)

35 (16.9)

1

  No

291 (58.4)

65 (22.3)

1.41

0.140

0.90

2.23

Been a girl is better than being a boy at an early age

  Yes

362 (72.7)

87(24.0)

1

  No

136 (27.3)

13 (9.6)

0.33

0.001

0.18

0.62

Encountered violence in school as a teenager

  Yes

167 (33.5)

33 (19.8)

1

  No

331 (66.5)

67 (20.2)

1.03

0.899

0.65

1.64

Liked to play with boys at an early age

  Yes

437 (87.7)

89 (20.4)

1

  General

41 (8.2)

10 (24.4)

1.26

0.544

0.60

2.67

  No

20 (4.0)

1 (5.0)

0.21

0.126

0.03

1.56

Sexual orientation identity

  Yes

387 (77.7)

75 (19.4)

1

  General

104 (20.9)

23 (22.1)

1.18

0.536

0.70

2.00

  No

7 (1.4)

2 (28.6)

1.66

0.547

0.32

8.74

Keep one's romance a secret

  Yes

165 (33.2)

37 22.4)

1

  No

332 (66.8)

63 (19.0)

0.79

0.325

0.50

1.26

Disclosure of sexual orientation and identity

  Yes

72 (14.5)

10 (13.9)

1

  Only friends and families knew

332 (66.7)

50 (15.1)

0.24

 < 0.001

0.14

0.40

  No

94 (18.9)

40 (42.6)

0.22

 < 0.001

0.10

0.48

Desiring to be identified with one's sexual orientation and identity

  Yes

451 (90.6)

70 (15.5)

1

  No

47 (9.4)

30 (63.8)

9.61

 < 0.001

5.03

18.35

Feel around have strange eyes

  Yes

337 (67.7)

86 (25.5)

1

  No

161 (32.3)

14 (8.7)

0.28

 < 0.001

0.15

0.51

The internet helped determine sexual orientation

  Yes

315 (63.2)

29 (9.2)

1

  Not essential

105 (21.1)

58 (55.2)

12.17

 < 0.001

7.09

20.93

  No

78 (15.7)

13 (16.7)

1.97

0.060

0.97

4.00