Skidmore Samuel J, Sorrell Sydney A, Lefevor G Tyler
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
J Homosex. 2023 Nov 10;70(13):3171-3191. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2087483. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
Sexual minority (SM) members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) face increased exposure to minority stressors as well as concerns of attachment injuries relative to their heterosexual counterparts. The Integrated Attachment and Sexual Minority Stress Model outlines the mutually reinforcing associations between adult attachment and sexual minority stress, positing that adult attachment is both influenced by experiences of minority stress and simultaneously capable of shaping minority stress experiences in adulthood. The present study explored how adult attachment style directly and indirectly affects minority stressors and health outcomes for LDS SMs. A sample of 602 LDS SMs completed a quantitative survey assessing attachment, minority stress, and health. Results indicated that an insecure attachment style related to increased minority stressors and depression, whereas a secure attachment style related to decreased minority stressors and increased life satisfaction. Further, attachment moderated the relationship between minority stressors and health outcomes, such that experiences of minority stress were related to a decrease in life satisfaction only for securely attached LDS SMs. However, securely attached LDS SMs still reported better health than insecurely attached LDS SMs, even when reporting high degrees of minority stressors. These findings add to the growing body of literature suggesting that attachment style has direct and indirect effects on health outcomes for SMs, including those from conservative religious backgrounds.
耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（LDS）中的性少数群体（SM）成员，相较于异性恋者，面临着更多的少数群体压力源，以及对依恋伤害的担忧。整合依恋与性少数群体压力模型概述了成人依恋与性少数群体压力之间相互强化的关联，假定成人依恋既受少数群体压力经历的影响，同时也能够塑造成年后的少数群体压力体验。本研究探讨了成人依恋风格如何直接和间接地影响LDS性少数群体的少数群体压力源和健康结果。602名LDS性少数群体的样本完成了一项定量调查，评估依恋、少数群体压力和健康状况。结果表明，不安全的依恋风格与更多的少数群体压力源和抑郁相关，而安全的依恋风格与较少的少数群体压力源和更高的生活满意度相关。此外，依恋调节了少数群体压力源与健康结果之间的关系，以至于少数群体压力体验仅与安全依恋的LDS性少数群体的生活满意度下降有关。然而，即使报告了高度的少数群体压力源，安全依恋的LDS性少数群体的健康状况仍比不安全依恋的LDS性少数群体更好。这些发现增加了越来越多的文献，表明依恋风格对性少数群体的健康结果有直接和间接影响，包括那些来自保守宗教背景的人。
