Vice-Chancellor's Office, University of Brighton, United Kingdom.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Dec;48:101469. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101469. Epub 2022 Sep 20.
This article focuses upon the social psychological aspects of identity development among gay men. Key stage-based models of, and contemporary empirical research into, gay identity development are outlined. Three levels of sexual identity development are examined: the psychological, the interpersonal and the collective. It is argued that, in order to develop an effective theory of gay identity development, empirical research should focus upon these levels of analysis, acknowledging that there is a dynamic interplay between them; the multiplicity of identity itself (consisting of sometimes competing elements); and the motives that underpin the construction, management and protection of identity (principally self-esteem, self-efficacy, continuity, positive distinctiveness and belongingness). Identity process theory is proposed as a useful theoretical framework for doing so.
本文主要关注男同性恋者身份发展的社会心理方面。概述了基于关键阶段的同性恋身份发展模型和当代实证研究。研究了三个层次的性身份发展：心理、人际和集体。有人认为，为了发展有效的同性恋身份发展理论，实证研究应该集中在这些分析层面上，承认它们之间存在着动态的相互作用；身份本身的多样性（由有时相互竞争的因素组成）；以及构建、管理和保护身份的动机（主要是自尊、自我效能、连续性、积极独特性和归属感）。身份过程理论被提议作为一种有用的理论框架来实现这一目标。
