This study examined
within-person links between daily heterosexism experiences and well-being among
lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults, and tested the hypothesis that attachment
insecurity amplifies the negative impact of heterosexism on well-being.
A
sample of 82 lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults completed a measure of
attachment style at the start of the study, and then reported on heterosexism
experiences and facets of well-being in Internet surveys at the end of each day
for 7-10 consecutive days (total of 706 days in the sample). Multilevel
regression was used to test the interaction between attachment variables
(anxiety and avoidance) and the presence of everyday heterosexism experiences
in predicting 3 facets of daily well-being (self-assurance, anger, and fear).
Results indicated that attachment variables moderated the within-person link
between daily heterosexism experiences and well-being for anger and fear but
not for self-assurance. As hypothesized, daily heterosexism was positively
related to daily anger and fear for people with higher levels of avoidance but
not those with lower levels of avoidance (controlling for previous day levels
of well-being).
Contrary to hypothesis, however, daily heterosexism was
positively associated with anger and fear for participants with low levels of
attachment anxiety but not for those with higher levels of attachment anxiety.
Analyses also revealed no links between the attachment variables and frequency
of heterosexism experiences.
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