Meladze Pikria, Brown Jac
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia,
J Relig Health. 2015 Oct;54(5):1950-62. doi: 10.1007/s10943-015-0018-5.
This research was aimed at investigating how religious beliefs and internalized shame predicted homonegativity. An online survey, which consisted of a self-report questionnaire assessing religious orientation, internalized shame, and internalized homonegativity, was completed by 133 Caucasian and Asian gay men. The respondents also were asked to write a short answer in which they had to explain how they integrated their religion and sexual practices. The quantitative analyses of data demonstrated no significant difference in internalized homonegativity among the two cultural groups. Internalized homonegativity was predicted by the main Abrahamic faiths (i.e. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) and internalized shame. Qualitative analysis showed that gay men who adhere to a monotheistic religious faith follow a different path to reconciling their religion and homosexuality compared to gay men who adhere to Philosophical/New Age religions or to gay men who have no religious faith. The implications of these findings as well as directions for future research studies were discussed.
本研究旨在调查宗教信仰和内化羞耻感如何预测对同性恋的消极态度。133名白人和亚洲男同性恋者完成了一项在线调查，该调查包括一份自我报告问卷，用于评估宗教取向、内化羞耻感和内化的对同性恋的消极态度。受访者还被要求写一篇短文，解释他们如何将宗教与性实践相结合。数据的定量分析表明，两个文化群体在内化的对同性恋的消极态度上没有显著差异。主要的亚伯拉罕宗教（即基督教、伊斯兰教和犹太教）和内化羞耻感可预测内化的对同性恋的消极态度。定性分析表明，与信奉哲学/新时代宗教的男同性恋者或无宗教信仰的男同性恋者相比，信奉一神论宗教的男同性恋者在调和宗教与同性恋方面遵循不同的路径。讨论了这些发现的意义以及未来研究的方向。
