Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST).
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2017 Oct;23(4):468-476. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000143. Epub 2017 Mar 2.
This study examined the rates of spirituality, religiosity, religious coping, and religious service attendance in addition to the sociodemographic correlates of those factors in a U.S. national cohort of 1,071 racially and ethnically diverse HIV-negative gay and bisexual men.
Descriptive statistics were used to assess levels of spirituality, religiosity, religious coping, and religious service attendance. Multivariable regressions were used to determine the associations between sociodemographic characteristics, religious affiliation, and race/ethnicity with four outcome variables: (1) spirituality, (2) religiosity, (3) religious coping, and (4) current religious service attendance.
Overall, participants endorsed low levels of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping, as well as current religious service attendance. Education, religious affiliation, and race/ethnicity were associated with differences in endorsement of spirituality and religious beliefs and behaviors among gay and bisexual men. Men without a 4-year college education had significantly higher levels of religiosity and religious coping as well as higher odds of attending religious services than those with a 4-year college education. Gay and bisexual men who endorsed being religiously affiliated had higher levels of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping as well as higher odds of religious service attendance than those who endorsed being atheist/agnostic. White men had significantly lower levels of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping compared to Black men. Latino men also endorsed using religious coping significantly less than Black men.
The implications of these findings for future research and psychological interventions with gay and bisexual men are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究在美国一个由 1071 名不同种族和民族的 HIV 阴性男同性恋和双性恋男性组成的全国队列中，除了考察社会人口统计学因素与这些因素的相关性外，还考察了灵性、宗教信仰、宗教应对和宗教服务参与的比率。
采用描述性统计方法评估灵性、宗教信仰、宗教应对和宗教服务参与的水平。多变量回归用于确定社会人口统计学特征、宗教隶属关系和种族/民族与四个结果变量之间的关联：（1）灵性，（2）宗教信仰，（3）宗教应对，以及（4）当前宗教服务参与。
总体而言，参与者对灵性、宗教信仰和宗教应对以及当前宗教服务参与的程度较低。教育、宗教隶属关系和种族/民族与男同性恋和双性恋男性对灵性和宗教信仰和行为的认同程度存在差异有关。没有四年制大学学历的男性在宗教信仰和宗教应对方面的水平明显高于具有四年制大学学历的男性，参加宗教服务的可能性也更高。宗教隶属的男同性恋和双性恋男性在灵性、宗教信仰和宗教应对方面的水平更高，参加宗教服务的可能性也更高，而无神论/不可知论者则相反。与黑人男性相比，白人男性的灵性、宗教信仰和宗教应对水平明显较低。与黑人男性相比，拉丁裔男性在使用宗教应对方面的认同度也明显较低。
这些发现对未来研究和针对男同性恋和双性恋男性的心理干预具有重要意义。
