Race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and education are associated with gay and bisexual men’s religious and spiritual participation and beliefs: Results from the One Thousand Strong cohort.

Abstract

Objectives This study examined the rates of spirituality, religiosity, religious coping, and religious service attendance in addition to the sociodemographic correlates of those factors in a U.S. national cohort of 1071 racially and ethnically-diverse HIV-negative gay and bisexual men. Methods Descriptive statistics were used to assess levels of spirituality, religiosity, religious coping, and religious service attendance. Multivariable regressions were used to determine the associations between sociodemographic characteristics, religious affiliation, race/ethnicity with four outcome variables: (1) spirituality, (2) religiosity, (3) religious coping, and (4) current religious service attendance. Results Overall, participants endorsed low levels of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping, and current religious service attendance. Education, religious affiliation, and race/ethnicity were associated with differences in endorsement of spirituality and religious beliefs and behaviors among gay and bisexual men. Men without a four-year college education had significantly higher levels of religiosity and religious coping as well as higher odds of attending religious services than those with a four-year college education. Gay and bisexual men who endorsed being religiously affiliated had higher levels of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping as well as higher odds of religious service attendance than those who endorsed being atheist/agnostic. White men had significantly lower levels of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping when compared to Black men. Latino men also endorsed using religious coping significantly less than Black men. Conclusions The implications of these findings for future research and psychological interventions with gay and bisexual men are discussed.

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