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PSYCHOLOGICAL ANDROGYNY, SOCIAL SUPPORT, DISCRIMINATION, AND DEPRESSION AMONG SEXUAL MINORITY PERSONS IN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2016
Abstract
Previous research has shown that sexual minorities experience unique difficulties in regards to their participation in religious organizations and are more likely to adopt sex-reversed or androgynous gender roles than their heterosexual counterparts. This paper examines how sexual minority participants' experiences of religious organizations differ by gender role. Participants were 316 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals drawn from various, mostly online sources. Using scores from standardized self-report measures, participants were classified into groups with sex-typed, sex-reversed, androgynous, and undifferentiated gender roles. Gender role groups were compared on measures of religious social support, depression, and perceived discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Androgynous and sex-typed individuals reported that they received more social support from religious sources than sexreversed individuals. Androgynous participants also reported that they provided more social support to religious sources than any of the other groups and had lower levels of depression than participants who were sex-reversed or undifferentiated. Androgynous participants perceived more discrimination than sex-typed or undifferentiated participants. Religious social support did not mediate the relationship between perceived discrimination and depression. Androgynous participants' results can be explained via gender role fluidity and results from the other groups can be explained using optimal distinctiveness.
Details
- Title
- PSYCHOLOGICAL ANDROGYNY, SOCIAL SUPPORT, DISCRIMINATION, AND DEPRESSION AMONG SEXUAL MINORITY PERSONS IN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090849706600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida