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" The influence of intersecting identities on acceptance, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity "
Megan C. Lytle
P. F. Foley
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1103771
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TLpq1032946192
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Megan C. Lytle
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P. F. Foley
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The influence of intersecting identities on acceptance, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity\ Megan C. LytleP. F. Foley
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Seton Hall University
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2012
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2012
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Ph.D.
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138
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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of intersecting identities on the levels of acceptance concern, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity experienced by gay and lesbian individuals. The majority of identity research has explored a range of identities, usually in pairs (i.e., sexual orientation and racial/ethnic identity); however, few studies have included religion when examining the intersection of multiple salient identities. Therefore, this study addressed how religious and racial/ethnic identities impact an individual's acceptance concern, level of outness, and her or his level of internalized homonegativity. Gay and lesbian Christians, Jews, Muslims, and individuals from other religions from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds participated. The results of the study were mixed in that some of the hypotheses were supported whereas other findings were unanticipated. The findings of this study revealed that Jewish participants had lower levels of acceptance concern and internalized homonegativity than Muslims, and Jews had higher levels of outness than Christian and Muslim participants. Further, religious identity had a significant effect on the levels of acceptance concern after controlling for religiosity, whereas the level of internalized homonegativity and outness remained the same. Racial/ethnic identity had a significant effect on the level of internalized homonegativity (greater for the Black, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American Combined Group in comparison to White participants) after controlling for level of racial/ethnic identity. The level of religiosity did not impact the participant's level of acceptance concern and unexpectedly, racial/ethnic identity was inversely related to the level of acceptance concern. In addition, higher levels of religiosity impacted the participant's level of internalized homonegativity whereas unexpectedly the level of racial/ethnic identity was inversely related to the level of homonegativity. Lastly, the levels of religiosity unexpectedly had significant and direct relationships to the predicted higher level of outness whereas the level of racial/ethnic identity did not impact the participant's disclosure level. This was the first study to investigate the influence of intersecting identities on the levels of acceptance concern, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity experienced by gays and lesbians from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds. The implications of this study for practice, research, training, and advocacy were addressed.
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Ethnicity
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Gay
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Lesbian
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Psychology
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Religion
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Social sciences
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