The relationship between religiousness and health among sexual
                        minorities: A meta-analysis.

Lefevor, G. Tyler; Davis, Edward B.; Paiz, Jaqueline Y.; Smack, Abigail C. P.

doi:10.1037/bul0000321

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“…These behavioral protective factors included compartmentalizing, serosorting, and volunteering. Many researchers have discussed in the past decade the protective, albeit likely transient, effects that compartmentalizing has afforded to gbMSM who chose to categorically keep their sexual identities, encounters, activities, and HIV statuses separate from their religious identities, families, and work lives [32,[35][36][37][38][39][40]. In these discussions, compartmentalizing was not considered as a behavioral protective factor that could potentially foster the resilience of gbMSM to HIV/AIDS, and more so, as a factor that could be valued and utilized in the development of interventions that are dedicated to fostering HIV resilience.…”

Section: Considering and Valuing Behavioral Protective Factors In The Development Of Interventions That Foster Resilience To Hiv/aidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Liboro

Yates²,

Bell

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Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) have been disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS health disparities. Research showed that resilience to HIV/AIDS is associated with increased use of relevant health services, lower sexual health risks, and improved mental health outcomes among racially and ethnically diverse gbMSM. As the subpopulation that has historically been impacted by HIV/AIDS the longest, older gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS have inarguably exhibited resilience to HIV/AIDS the most. The qualitative study described in this paper sought to identify and examine protective factors that fostered resilience to HIV/AIDS based on the insights and lived experiences of racially and ethnically diverse, older gbMSM. Applying a community-based participatory research approach that included the meaningful involvement of older gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS in different roles (i.e., advisory committee member, collaborator, peer researcher, and participant), the study recruited and included forty-one older gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS from Ontario, Canada, in confidential, semi-structured interviews. Utilizing thematic analysis, we identified three major themes from the participant interviews as factors that fostered the resilience of older gbMSM to HIV/AIDS and helped to address HIV/AIDS health disparities: (1) established protective factors, (2) behavioral protective factors, and (3) controversial protective factors. This paper argues for the importance of valuing and capitalizing on these protective factors in the conceptualization and development of interventions, services, and programs that are dedicated to fostering resilience to HIV/AIDS.

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Section: Considering and Valuing Behavioral Protective Factors In The Development Of Interventions That Foster Resilience To Hiv/aidsmentioning

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Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Liboro

Yates²,

Bell

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“…Compartmentalization has been a behavioral strategy that many (including racial and ethnic minority) MSMLWH have come to rely on over the years to gain a degree of protection from the negative impacts of barriers to promoting HIV resilience such as racism and HIV stigma [68][69][70][71]. Although compartmentalization may not directly promote HIV resilience among racial and ethnic minority MSM, its protective effects prevent the decline of their resilience and provides them a reprieve from the sometimes unrelenting harmful effects of systemic factors such as racism and HIV stigma on their wellbeing.…”

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Barriers and Facilitators to Promoting Resilience to HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of HIV-Positive, Racial and Ethnic Minority, Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men from Ontario, Canada

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Bell

Ranuschio

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Evidence-based research has highlighted the need for exploring factors that support the mental health of men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS (MSMLWH), and environmental influences that promote their resilience to HIV/AIDS. This exploratory study utilized a community-based participatory research approach to investigate barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS, specifically among racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older MSMLWH, a population that continues to be significantly impacted by HIV/AIDS today. This collaborative, qualitative study recruited participants who identified as racial or ethnic minority MSMLWH, were aged 40 or older, and resided in Ontario, Canada. Participants (n = 24) discussed in their interviews barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS, which they recognized from their lived experiences. Utilizing thematic analysis, themes related to barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS were identified. Themes related to identified barriers included: (1) language proficiency, (2) racism, (3) pernicious norms in North American gay culture, and (4) HIV stigma. Themes related to identified facilitators included: (1) compartmentalization, (2) perseverance, and (3) community-based health and social services. This article discusses the implications of the study’s findings, particularly on how they may influence the development of future services for racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older MSMLWH.

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“…The quantitative research on this topic also found that people who experience this type of conflict have more difficulty accepting their LGB identity (Schuck & Liddle, 2001) and poorer mental health (Zeidner & Zevulun, 2018). In line with this, it is suggested that minority stress and structural stigma may be linked with health difficulties for the majority of LGB people in historically stigmatizing religious contexts (Lefevor et al, 2021). Research investigating conflict between religious/spiritual and LGB identities provides different perspectives over this topic, and thus, it is important to further investigate this experience of conflict, namely, by identifying new correlates and comparing people who felt conflict with people who did not experience it, in terms of these variables.…”

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“…Another way of alleviating their dissonance, supported by this theory, might be searching for others that are supportive of their beliefs and values. Thus, as LGB people in conflict start forming new cognitions about themselves or their religion, they might start to seek out people who would support their beliefs either about their sexual identity or about religion (Lefevor et al, 2021). Although cognitive dissonance theory provides a theoretical framework to potentially explain conflict between religious and LGB identities, Rodriguez (2010) considers that such a theory cannot be used to understand all the levels of complexity of this issue, such as personality issues and social implications.…”

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Conflict between religious/spiritual and LGB identities in Portugal: How is it related to coming out experiences, LGB identity dimensions and well-being?

Fernandes¹,

Reis²,

Moleiro³

2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Even though Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) individuals are usually less religious than the general population, religion and/or spirituality are still a part of many LGB people's lives. This article focused on investigating the relation between the conflict between religious/spiritual and LGB identities and subjective well-being, dimensions of LGB identity and outness, in a Portuguese sample. The participants were 126LGB people, with 80 of them being female, from a mostly Catholic context in Southern Europe-Portugal. Conflict between religious and LGB identities was found to be significantly and negatively correlated with outness and positive affect; and positively correlated with negative affect and some LGB identity dimensions, Internalized Homonegativity, Difficult Process (DP), Acceptance Concerns (AC), and Concealment Motivation (CM). People who felt conflict between their religious/spiritual and LGB identities were found to have higher scores on DP, AC, CM, and Identity Centrality than those who did not experience it. Implications are discussed in terms of the diversity of strategies LGB people use to reconcile their dual identities.

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The relationship between religiousness and health among sexual minorities: A meta-analysis.

Cited by 56 publications

References 106 publications

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Barriers and Facilitators to Promoting Resilience to HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of HIV-Positive, Racial and Ethnic Minority, Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men from Ontario, Canada

Conflict between religious/spiritual and LGB identities in Portugal: How is it related to coming out experiences, LGB identity dimensions and well-being?

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