Asian Cultural Values, Internalized Heterosexism, and Sexual Orientation Disclosure Among Asian American Sexual Minority Persons

Autor:	Dawn M. Szymanski, Mi Ra Sung
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Mediation (statistics) Sexual identity media_common.quotation_subject education Heterosexism Moderation Gender Studies Sexual minority Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Sexual orientation Homosexuality Lesbian Psychology Social psychology Applied Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling. 7:257-273
ISSN:	1553-8338 1553-8605
DOI:	10.1080/15538605.2013.812930
Popis:	The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural-specific influences effect dimensions of sexual identity experience among 143 Asian American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) persons using a web-based Internet survey. Findings revealed that more adherence to Asian values was positively related to internalized heterosexism (also known as internalized homophobia) and negatively related to sexual orientation disclosure to others. Results also indicated that internalized heterosexism mediated and moderated the relationship between adherence to Asian values and sexual orientation disclosure. In terms of mediation, findings were consistent with the notion that more adherence to Asian cultural values leads to more internalized heterosexism, which in turn leads to less willingness to be out. In terms of moderation, results revealed that the difference between the high and low internalized heterosexism groups occurs at the lower levels of adherence to Asian values when LGBQ persons who have less...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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