Marginalized identities, discrimination burden, and mental health: Empirical exploration of an interpersonal-level approach to modeling intersectionality

► Intersectionality is an important lens for understanding health outcomes in relation to marginalized identities. ► This methods paper conceptualizes four social-ecological levels of intersectionality. ► The two-part Everyday Discrimination Scale is a good interpersonal-level indicator. ► Interpersonal-level variables explained three times as much variance as the structural inequality level variables. ► Findings suggest improvements for future measures to capture both marginalized and privileged intersecting identities.