Religion and sexual identities.
| Autor: | Wolf JK; One UTSA Circle, College for Health, Community and Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: julia.wolf@utsa.edu., Platt LF; 504 Allen Hall, Counseling Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. Electronic address: lisa.platt@mail.wvu.edu. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Current opinion in psychology [Curr Opin Psychol] 2022 Dec; Vol. 48, pp. 101495. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 26. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101495 |
| Abstrakt: | Religion and sexuality have a complex, deep-rooted relationship. Religions often teach how aspects of sexuality should be conducted, typically promoting heterosexuality. Such discourse is at odds with a growing population using sexual minority identities. The tension between one's homonegative faith or religious environment and their sexual minority orientation can lead to poor health outcomes like psychological distress and suicidal ideation. Attempts to change sexual orientation to match religious expectations are futile and frequently harmful. However, sexual minority individuals can find health benefits if they are able to reconcile their religious and sexual identities or find accepting religious/spiritual communities. The COVID-19 pandemic and religious influence on US politics have also shaped the safety of environments for disclosing a sexual minority identity. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article. (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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