Lauricella Shauna K, Phillips Russell E, Dubow Eric F
The Renfrew Center of Northern New Jersey, 174 Union Street, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, USA.
Behavioral Sciences Division, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 150 Finoli Drive, Greensburg, PA, 15601, USA.
J Relig Health. 2017 Aug;56(4):1436-1449. doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0374-4.
The present study assessed religious coping with sexual stigma in 260 young adults with same-sex attractions. Although the majority of the sample rarely utilized religious coping, a significant minority of participants frequently turned to religion to deal with sexual stigma. Controlling for demographic and general religious variables, positive religious coping (e.g., connecting with God) was associated with beneficial outcomes, and negative religious coping (e.g., frustrations with one's spiritual community) related to poorer adjustment to sexual stigma. Data are presented on how religious coping varied as a function of religiosity and sexual identity development (e.g., disclosure of sexual orientation to others).
本研究评估了260名有同性吸引倾向的年轻人应对性污名的宗教方式。尽管大多数样本很少采用宗教应对方式，但仍有相当少数的参与者经常借助宗教来应对性污名。在控制了人口统计学和一般宗教变量后，积极的宗教应对方式（如与上帝建立联系）与有益结果相关，而消极的宗教应对方式（如对自己的宗教团体感到沮丧）则与对性污名的较差适应相关。文中呈现了宗教应对方式如何随宗教虔诚度和性身份发展（如向他人披露性取向）而变化的数据。
