Table 4 Study 2. Effects of reading continuous, discrete, fluid, and stable accounts on sexual orientation self-ratings and secondary indices.

From: Exposure to continuous or fluid theories of sexual orientation leads some heterosexuals to embrace less-exclusive heterosexual orientations

Variable	Sexual orientation post-test				Willingness to have same sex sexual/romantic experiences			Sexual orientation uncertainty
Variable	β	95% CI	sr²		β	95% CI	Exp(β)	β	95% CI	Exp(β)
Model 1				Model 1
R²	0.059***			Step χ²(4)	8.301***			13.428**
F Change	7.111			Nagelkerke R²	0.025***			0.041**
Continuous	0.239***	[0.266, 0.722]	0.194		0.794**	[1.219, 4.014]	2.212	1.122**	[1.598, 5.901]	3.071
Discrete	0.138*	[0.059, 0.518]	0.113		0.270	[0.710, 2.416]	1.310	0.717*	[1.046, 4.010]	2.048
Fluid	0.211***	[0.206, 0.658]	0.171		0.233	[0.689, 2.312]	1.262	0.834*	[1.192, 4.445]	2.302
Stable	0.027	[− 0.172, 0.284]	0.022		0.083	[0.585, 2.016]	1.086	0.466	[0.804, 3.159]	1.594
Model 2				Model 2
R²	0.543			Step χ²(9)	52.151***			14.495
F Change	0.897			Nagelkerke R²	0.170			0.084
Gender	0.027	[− 0.269, 0.358]	0.013		0.802	[0.908, 5.481]	2.231	− 0.408	[0.242, 1.827]	0.665
Political Orientation	− 0.014	[− 0.145, 0.128]	− 0.006		0.339	[0.939, 2.096]	1.403	− 0.088	[0.597, 1.404]	0.916
Continuous	0.207*	[0.266, 0.722]	0.194		1.090	[1.199, 7.379]	2.975	0.487	[0.540, 3.647]	5.156
Discrete	0.123	[0.059, 0.518]	0.113		0.269	[0.485, 3.537]	1.309	0.666	[0.472, 3.231]	3.647
Fluid	0.171*	[0.206, 0.658]	0.171		− 0.346	[0.244, 2.056]	0.708	0.387	[0.593, 3.857]	3.231
Stable	0.027	[− 0.172, 0.284]	0.022		− 0.514	[0.199, 1.797]	0.598	0.429	[0.242, 1.827]	30.857
Gender × PO	0.051	[− 0.068, 0.153]	0.034		0.022	[0.737, 1.418]	1.023	0.060	[0.774, 1.457]	1.457
Continuous × PO	− 0.004	[− 0.182, 0.172]	− 0.002		− 0.210	[0.500, 1.312]	0.810	− 0.169	[0.501, 1.424]	0.845
Discrete × PO	0.089	[− 0.056, 0.307]	0.062		0.381	[0.832, 2.575]	1.464	0.523	[0.961, 2.965]	1.688
Fluid × PO	− 0.076	[− 0.266, 0.077]	− 0.050		− 0.149	[0.524, 1.417]	0.862	0.192	[0.722, 2.033]	1.211
Stable × PO	0.003	[− 0.178, 0.186]	0.002		0.033	[0.598, 1.786]	1.033	0.046	[0.604, 1.816]	1.048
Continuous × gender	0.043	[− 0.342, 0.580]	0.023		− 0.553	[0.167, 1.979]	0.575	0.839	[0.609, 8.789]	2.314
Discrete × gender	0.028	[− 0.382, 0.538]	0.015		− 0.111	[0.238, 3.369]	0.895	0.705	[0.508, 8.060]	2.023
Fluid × gender	0.051	[− 0.318, 0.589]	0.027		0.897	[0.642, 9.369]	2.453	1.192	[0.856, 12.681]	3.294
Stable × gender	− 0.006	[− 0.477, 0.443]	− 0.003		0.704	[0.515, 7.934]	2.022	0.136	[0.286, 4.595]	1.146

PO political orientation
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

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Table 4 Study 2. Effects of reading continuous, discrete, fluid, and stable accounts on sexual orientation self-ratings and secondary indices.

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