Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2009 Aug;38(7):867-83. doi: 10.1007/s10964-008-9342-3. Epub 2008 Sep 23.
Youth with same-sex desire undergo a process of narrative engagement as they construct configurations of identity that provide meaning and coherence with available sexual taxonomies. This article presents a theoretical analysis and four case studies centering on the relationship among context, desire, and identity for youth with same-sex desire. Through an interpretive, holistic analysis of the personal narratives of youth, we examine the integration of same-sex desire, behavior, and identity in the general life story and the selective appropriation of elements of "master narratives" of sexual identity development. Narratives were characterized by challenges to integrate desire, behavior, and identity into a configuration that conformed to the received sexual taxonomy. Implications for theory and further research on sexual identity development are discussed.
具有同性欲望的年轻人在构建身份认同的过程中会进行叙事参与，这些身份认同可以为他们提供意义和连贯性，同时也符合现有的性分类。本文提出了一种理论分析，并以四个案例研究为中心，探讨了具有同性欲望的年轻人的背景、欲望和身份之间的关系。通过对年轻人个人叙事的解释性、整体分析，我们考察了同性欲望、行为和身份在一般生活故事中的整合，以及对性身份发展的“主导叙事”的选择性采用。这些叙事的特点是，他们努力将欲望、行为和身份整合到一个符合既定性分类的模式中，这一过程充满了挑战。本文还讨论了这些发现对性身份发展理论和进一步研究的意义。
