Religiousness and Minority Stress in Conservatively Religious Sexual Minorities: Lessons from Latter-day Saints

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2021-11-23 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2021.2008131

G. T. Lefevor, Samuel J. Skidmore, J. McGraw, E. B. Davis, T. Mansfield

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Sexual minorities who engage in conservative religions may experience both stress and support from their engagement with their faith. However, it is unclear how religion/spirituality and minority stress may simultaneously affect mental health. To address this gap, we recruited 1,083 U.S. adults reporting varied engagement with a conservative religious tradition, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon; LDS), belonging to one of four groups: (a) heterosexual, LDS; (b) sexual minority, LDS; (c) heterosexual, nonLDS; and (d) sexual minority, nonLDS. We found that LDS sexual minorities reported more religiousness/spirituality and described experiencing more minority stressors, relative to nonLDS sexual minorities. Interaction analyses indicated that internalized homonegativity was more strongly associated with depression for LDS sexual minorities than for nonLDS sexual minorities. We suggest that aspects of religion/spirituality may buffer the effects of minority stress experienced by sexual minorities who choose to remain engaged with conservative religious traditions.

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保守宗教性少数群体的宗教性与少数群体压力——来自后期圣徒的启示

摘要：信奉保守宗教的性少数群体可能会因信仰而受到压力和支持。然而，尚不清楚宗教/精神和少数民族压力如何同时影响心理健康。为了解决这一差距，我们招募了1083名美国成年人，报告他们与保守的宗教传统耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（摩门教；LDS）有不同的接触，属于四个群体之一：（a）异性恋，LDS；（b）性少数群体LDS；（c）异性恋，非LDS；和（d）性少数群体，非LDS。我们发现，与非LDS性少数群体相比，LDS性少数人群报告了更多的宗教性/精神性，并描述了经历更多的少数群体压力源。交互作用分析表明，与非LDS性少数群体相比，LDS性少数人群的内化同负性与抑郁症的相关性更强。我们认为，宗教/精神的各个方面可能会缓冲性少数群体所经历的少数群体压力的影响，这些少数群体选择继续参与保守的宗教传统。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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4.20

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4.50%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.