Coming Out Growth: Conceptualizing and Measuring Stress-Related Growth Associated with Coming Out to Others as a Sexual Minority
| Autor: | Charles A. Waehler, Michelle D. Vaughan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Conceptualization
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) Developmental psychology Personal development Sexual minority Cog Developmental and Educational Psychology Homosexuality Lesbian Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology business Social psychology Identity formation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Adult Development. 17:94-109 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3440 1068-0667 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10804-009-9084-9 |
| Popis: | Coming out has long been depicted as a process that is conducive to personal growth. However, LGBTQ psychology has yet to conduct systematic, theoretically informed research to study how individuals experience coming out growth (COG) and the impact of such experiences on the lives of sexual minorities. The present investigation seeks to address these gaps in the literature through an examination of stress-related growth within the context of coming out as a sexual minority. Findings from a preliminary investigation of COG in a sample of 418 gay and lesbian adults are presented, including the development and initial validation of the coming out growth scale (COGS), and data addressing the relationship between COG and relevant constructs found in the literature on identity development and stress-related growth. |
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