| Religious affiliation, internalized homophobia, and mental health in lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. | |
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PMID: 23039348 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Most religious environments in the United States do not affirm homosexuality. The authors investigated the relationship between exposure to nonaffirming religious environments and internalized homophobia and mental health in a sample of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGBs) in New York City. Guided by minority stress theory, the authors hypothesized that exposure to nonaffirming religious settings would lead to higher internalized homophobia, more depressive symptoms, and less psychological well-being. The authors hypothesized that Black and Latino LGBs would be more likely than White LGBs to participate in nonaffirming religious settings and would therefore have higher internalized homophobia than White LGBs. Participants were 355 LGBs recruited through community-based venue sampling and evenly divided among Black, Latino, and White race or ethnic groups and among age groups within each race or ethnic group, as well as between women and men. Results supported the general hypothesis that nonaffirming religion was associated with higher internalized homophobia. There was no main effect of nonaffirming religion on mental health, an unexpected finding discussed in this article. Latinos, but not Blacks, had higher internalized homophobia than Whites, and as predicted, this was mediated by their greater exposure to nonaffirming religion. |
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Authors:
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David M Barnes; Ilan H Meyer |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of orthopsychiatry Volume: 82 ISSN: 1939-0025 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Orthopsychiatry Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-10-08 Completed Date: 2013-03-27 Revised Date: 2013-04-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0400640 Medline TA: Am J Orthopsychiatry Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 505-15 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2012 American Orthopsychiatric Association. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Epidemiology, Room 720D, 722 W. 168th St., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. dmb23@columbia.edu |
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Adolescent Adult Bisexuality / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Depression / epidemiology Female Homophobia / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Homosexuality / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Homosexuality, Female / psychology, statistics & numerical data Homosexuality, Male / psychology, statistics & numerical data Humans Male Mental Health / statistics & numerical data* Middle Aged New York City / epidemiology Religion and Psychology* Religion and Sex* Self Concept* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01 MH066058/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R01-MH066058/MH/NIMH NIH HHS |
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