Gibbs Jeremy J, Goldbach Jeremy T
School of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
J Homosex. 2021 Nov 10;68(13):2189-2213. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2020.1733354. Epub 2020 Mar 4.
Sexual minority adolescents from religious contexts may be at high risk of mental health issues due to religious identity dissonance. This study investigated the cognitive strategies used to manage antihomosexual religious messages and resolve religious identity dissonance among sexual minority adolescents. In 2014, 46 adolescents were interviewed in Los Angeles, CA. Youths were prompted to discuss experiences with religion, antihomosexual messages, and their strategies for managing these messages. Ninety-one percent of the sample reported hearing antihomosexual religious messages. Messages came from multiple sources (e.g., parents, pastors) and contained three types of content (i.e., creation, sin, and afterlife). A quarter of the sample reported religious identity dissonance. Three primary strategies to manage antihomosexual messages emerged. Findings indicate that all youths, including nonreligious youths, use cognitive strategies to manage negative messages and that these strategies relate to current religious identification.
来自宗教背景的性少数青少年可能因宗教认同失调而面临心理健康问题的高风险。本研究调查了性少数青少年用于处理反同性恋宗教信息和解决宗教认同失调的认知策略。2014年，在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶对46名青少年进行了访谈。促使青少年讨论他们在宗教、反同性恋信息方面的经历以及处理这些信息的策略。91%的样本报告曾听过反同性恋宗教信息。这些信息来自多个来源（如父母、牧师），包含三种类型的内容（即创造、罪恶和来世）。四分之一的样本报告存在宗教认同失调。出现了三种处理反同性恋信息的主要策略。研究结果表明，所有青少年，包括非宗教青少年，都会使用认知策略来处理负面信息，并且这些策略与当前的宗教认同有关。
