Brewster Melanie E, Velez Brandon L, Foster Aasha, Esposito Jessica, Robinson Matthew A
Teachers College, Columbia University.
VA Boston Healthcare System.
J Couns Psychol. 2016 Jan;63(1):119-126. doi: 10.1037/cou0000121. Epub 2015 Oct 12.
In prior research with primarily heterosexual religious and spiritual individuals, positive and negative forms of religious coping have been posited to moderate the links between minority stressors and psychological outcomes (Kim, Kendall, & Webb, 2015; Szymanski & Obiri, 2011). With a sample of 143 sexual minority people, the present study extended these hypotheses by examining the moderating roles of positive and negative religious coping in the link of 2 sexual minority-specific minority stress variables (heterosexist discrimination, internalized heterosexism) with psychological distress and well-being. In partial support of our hypotheses, we found that positive religious coping moderated the relation of internalized heterosexism and psychological well-being such that greater positive religious coping weakened the deleterious impact of internalized heterosexism on psychological well-being. Negative religious coping did not moderate any links. As the first test of the moderating roles of religious coping styles in the sexual minority stress-psychological distress link, the present study yields important findings for research and practice with religious and spiritual sexual minority individuals. (PsycINFO Database Record
在之前主要针对异性恋宗教和有宗教信仰个体的研究中，宗教应对的积极和消极形式被认为能够调节少数群体压力源与心理结果之间的联系（Kim、Kendall和Webb，2015年；Szymanski和Obiri，2011年）。本研究以143名性少数群体为样本，通过检验积极和消极宗教应对在两种特定于性少数群体的少数群体压力变量（异性恋歧视、内化的异性恋主义）与心理困扰及幸福感之间的联系中所起的调节作用，扩展了这些假设。部分支持我们的假设的是，我们发现积极宗教应对调节了内化的异性恋主义与心理幸福感之间的关系，即更多的积极宗教应对减弱了内化的异性恋主义对心理幸福感的有害影响。消极宗教应对没有调节任何联系。作为对宗教应对方式在性少数群体压力与心理困扰联系中调节作用的首次检验，本研究为针对有宗教信仰的性少数群体个体的研究和实践产生了重要发现。（PsycINFO数据库记录）
