Download or read book Roles of Spirituality in Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Persons Experiences of Minority Stress Psychological Distress and Well being written by Melinda B. Goodman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in the minority stress framework, the present study examined concomitantly the relations of (a) perceived experiences of prejudice, (b) expectations of stigma, (c) internalized homophobia, and (d) concealment of sexual orientation with LGB persons' psychological distress and well-being. Within this framework, three posited roles of spirituality and religiosity were tested: that they are (a) mental health promoters, (b) buffers of minority stress and mental health relations, or (c) they are mental health stressors. Results showed that perceived experiences of prejudice, internalized homophobia, and concealment of sexual orientation each were related uniquely and positively to psychological distress and that perceived experiences of prejudice, expectations of stigma, internalized homophobia, and concealment of sexual orientation were related uniquely and negatively to psychological well-being. Additionally, beyond the role of the four minority stressors, spirituality was related uniquely and positively with psychological well-being while religiosity was shown to be related uniquely and negatively. Future directions for research and implications for practice are discussed.
Download or read book Roles of Spirituality in Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Persons Experiences of Minority Stress Psychological Distress and Well being written by Melinda Beth Goodman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Grounded in the minority stress framework, the present study examined concomitantly the relations of (a) perceived experiences of prejudice, (b) expectations of stigma, (c) internalized homophobia, and (d) concealment of sexual orientation with LGB persons' psychological distress and well-being. Within this framework, three posited roles of spirituality and religiosity were tested: that they are (a) mental health promoters, (b) buffers of minority stress and mental health relations, or (c) they are mental health stressors. Results showed that perceived experiences of prejudice, internalized homophobia, and concealment of sexual orientation each were related uniquely and positively to psychological distress and that perceived experiences of prejudice, expectations of stigma, internalized homophobia, and concealment of sexual orientation were related uniquely and negatively to psychological well-being. Additionally, beyond the role of the four minority stressors, spirituality was related uniquely and positively with psychological well-being while religiosity was shown to be related uniquely and negatively. Future directions for research and implications for practice are discussed.
Download or read book The Roles of Cognitive Flexibility Bicultural Self efficacy and Minority Stress in the Mental Health of Bisexual Individuals written by Melanie E. Brewster and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Despite a growing body of literature that examines the psychological distress and well-being of lesbian women and gay men, scholarly understanding of the experiences of bisexual individuals remains largely speculative. While prior research with sexual minority populations suggests that sexual orientation-based stressors contribute to psychological distress (e.g., Lewis et al., 2003; Meyer, 1995; 2003), little research has focused exclusively on bisexual persons. Moreover, despite calls to examine indicators of psychological well-being (e.g., Sandage, Hill, & Vang, 2003), there is little work in this area pertinent to bisexual individuals. Within the available literature, some scholars suggest that both bicultural self-efficacy (Collins, 2000) and cognitive flexibility (Konik & Crawford, 2004) may be important aspects of bisexual peoples' life experiences; moreover, both of these variables have been linked with mental health in broader multicultural literatures (e.g., David et al., 2009; Streufert & Nogami, 1989). The present study elucidated how mental health stressors (experiences of prejudice, perceptions of stigma, concealment of sexual orientation, internalized biphobia) and mental health promoters (bicultural self-efficacy, cognitive flexibility) are related to psychological distress and well-being in bisexual populations. Multiple regressions and bivariate correlations were conducted with data from 414 bisexual people. Findings suggested that, as expected, most minority stress variables were related positively with psychological distress. Moreover, mental health promoters were related positively with dimensions of psychological well-being. Implications for future research, practice, and interventions with bisexual people are discussed.
Download or read book Violence Against LGBTQ Persons written by Emily M. Lund and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As violence against LGBTQ+ persons continues to be a pervasive and serious problem, this book aims to inform mental health providers about the unique needs of LGBTQ+ survivors of interpersonal and structural violence. Individual chapters analyze unique aspects of violence against specific subpopulations of LGBTQ+ persons in order to avoid ineffective and sometimes simplistic one-size-fits-all treatment strategies. Among the topics covered: Macro Level Advocacy for Mental Health Professionals: Promoting Social Justice for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Interpersonal Violence Intimate Partner Violence in Women’s Same-Sex Relationships Violence Against Asexual Persons Invisibility and Trauma in the Intersex Community Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees and Asylum Seekers: An Arduous Journey Sexual and Gender Minority Marginalization in Military Contexts Navigating Potentially Traumatic Conservative Religious Environments as a Sexual/Gender Minority Violence Against LGBTQ+ Persons prepares mental health professionals for addressing internalized forms of prejudice and oppression that exacerbate the trauma of the survivor, in order to facilitate healing, empowerment, healthy relationships, and resilience at the intersection of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and diverse social locations. This is a valuable reference for psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, mental health professionals, and graduate students, regardless of whether they are preparing for general practice, treatment of LGBTQ+ clients, or treatment of survivors and perpetrators of various forms of violence.
Download or read book Multiple Minority Stress written by Johanna Ramirez and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is minimal research addressing the mental health outcomes of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color (LGB-POC). Meyer's (2003; 2015) minority stress theory posits that the manifestation of depression and anxiety symptomology is due to the excess distal and proximal stress that minority groups face because of their societal marginalization. The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive value of distal stress measures (e.g. LGBT-POC microaggressions and daily heterosexist/racist experiences) and proximal identity concepts (e.g., self-stigma, identity salience, and sexual orientation rumination) for self-reported depression/anxiety symptoms among LGB-POC. Data were collected via an online survey involving a sample of 88 LGB-POC. Plurisexual participants reported higher rates of negative mental health outcomes in comparison to monosexual participants. Regression analyses suggested that proximal stressors accounted for 15% more of variance in reported mental health outcomes than distal stress factors, alone. Distal and proximal minority stressors, together, accounted for 33% of the variance in participants' responses of mental health symptoms. Implications regarding mental health outcomes for LGB-POC are discussed.
Download or read book The Sage Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling Social Justice and Advocacy written by Shannon B. Dermer and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 1825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1970s, there has been an increase in the study of diversity, inclusion, race, and ethnicity within the field of counseling. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy will comprehensively synthesize a wide range of terms, concepts, ideologies, groups, and organizations through a diverse lens. This encyclopedia will include entries on a wide range of topics relative to multicultural counseling, social justice and advocacy, and the experiences of diverse groups. The encyclopedia will consist of approximately 600 signed entries, arranged alphabetically within four volumes.
Download or read book Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Healthcare written by Kristen Eckstrand and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by experienced clinicians and edited by Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health faculty, this book contains up-to-date expertise from physicians renowned for their work in LGBT health. This important text fills an informational void about the practical health needs of LGBT patients in both the primary care and specialty settings remains, and serves as a guide for LGBT preventive and specialty medicine that can be utilized within undergraduate medical education, residency training, and medical practice. Beginning with a short review of LGBT populations and health disparities, it largely focuses on the application and implementation of LGBT best practices within all realms of medical care. In addition, the book offers recommendations for the integration of LGBT health into systems-based practice by addressing intake forms and electronic health records, as well as evidence-based emerging concerns in LGBT health. This is a must-have volume for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians from all medical specialties.
Download or read book The Intersection of Aging and Spirituality in the Psychology of Lesbian Bisexual and Queer Women written by Bridget Renee Dunnavant and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a recent surge in the literature has begun to address the existence and needs of the growing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) older adult population in the United States, there is little established research that has examined their contextualized lived experiences. Having been exposed to triple discrimination through ageism, heterosexism, and sexism, older LBQ women may uniquely experience increased levels of minority stress and decreased psychological wellbeing (Almack, 2010; Gluhoski et al., 1997). Much of this discrimination is grounded in current ‘religious’ discourse in the United States, particularly in the South; at the same time, ample research connects spirituality to wellbeing in the general population and is related to aging through coping, finding community, and making meaning. In the absence of information about what aging is like for LBQ women in older adulthood in the current socio-cultural climate, misperceptions may perpetuate dominant beliefs about sexual orientation, spirituality, and aging. Therefore, based in the need to deconstruct these misconceptions, this qualitative research used narrative inquiry informed by post-structuralism and queer theory to contextualize new understandings of aging as an LBQ-identified woman, with a particular focus in the areas of end of life and spirituality. Data was collected using unstructured life-story interviews with six individuals self-identified as female and lesbian, bisexual, or queer. This research was guided by the following broad questions: 1) What dominant discourses of spirituality and aging intersect into the lives of older LBQ women?; 2) How do LBQ women psychologically negotiate these dominant discourses of spirituality and aging in their lived experiences?; and 3) How is this negotiation enacted in their day-to-day experiences and understandings of self? Using Creative Analytic Practice (CAP), the findings of this study were presented through three fictional narratives constructed from the data in order to illuminate diverse ways in which discourses of spirituality and aging intersected in the lives of participants, ways in which participants psychologically negotiated these competing discourses, and enactments and understandings of self that resulted from these processes. These constructed narratives may sensitize the reader to the discourses that sexual minority women and we all have been/are subject.
Download or read book Homework Assignments and Handouts for LGBTQ Clients written by Joy S. Whitman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over seventy affirming interventions in the form of homework assignments, handouts, and activities, this comprehensive volume helps novice and experienced counselors support LGBTQ+ community members and their allies. Each chapter includes an objective, indications and contraindications, a case study, suggestions for follow-up, professional resources, and references. The book’s social justice perspective encourages counselors to hone their skills in creating change in their communities while helping their clients learn effective coping strategies in the face of stress, bullying, microaggressions, and other life challenges. The volume also contains a large section on training groups of allies and promoting greater cohesion within LGBTQ+ communities. Counseling and mental health services for LGBTQ+ clients require between-session activities that are clinically focused, evidence-based, and specifically designed for one or more LGBTQ+ sub-populations. This handbook gathers together the best of such LGBTQ+ clinically focused material. As such, the book appeals both to students learning affirmative LGBTQ+ psychotherapy/counseling and to experienced practitioners. The Handbook features homework assignments, handouts, and activities that: -Emphasize working with clients from different backgrounds. -Stress the importance of ethical guidelines and culturally competent care. -Demonstrate how to engage clients in conversations about coming out across the lifespan. -Help clients manage oppression and build resilience through self-care, advocacy, and validation. -Identify the facets of relationships that are unique to LGBTQ+ individuals. -Offer interventions to enhance familial support and work through family dynamics. -Assist clients to more deeply appreciate their genders and sexual identities. -Aid therapists in their work with clients who have substance use and abuse issues. -Address concerns about career choices, employment options, and college pursuits. -Create safety in a range of social and clinical spaces, including college campuses. Offering practical tools used by clinicians worldwide, the volume is particularly useful for courses in clinical and community counseling, social work, and psychology. Those new to working with LGBTQ+ clients will appreciate the book’s accessible foundation to guide interventions.
Download or read book Out in Psychology written by Victoria Clarke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a recent explosion of interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Perspective Psychology amongst students and academics, and this interest is predicted to continue to rise. Recent media debates on subjects such as same-sex marriage have fuelled interest in LGBTQ perspectives. This edited collection showcases the latest thinking in LGBTQ psychology. The book has 21 chapters covering subjects such as same sex parenting, outing, young LGBTQ people, sport, learning disabilities, lesbian and gay identities etc. The book has an international focus, with contributors from UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Download or read book New Perspectives in Psychopathology written by Diogo Telles-Correia and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spiritual Direction The Gay Person written by James Empereur and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for counsellors and spiritual directors, this text aims to assist gay men and lesbian women in relationships, prayer, liturgy, and in the problems produced by their commitment to, or rejection of, institutional religion.
Download or read book The 2016 US Presidential Election and the LGBTQ Community written by Pamela J. Lannutti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, researchers explore the effects of the 2016 US Presidential Election on the LGBTQ community from a wide variety of disciplines including communication, gender studies, nursing, political science, public health, psychology, cultural analysis, and social work. The research in this volume shows that the election had negative effects on the personal well-being, relationships, and families of LGBTQ people. The research also explains ways in which members of the LGBTQ community reacted to the election with hope, resilience, and positive relational outcomes. Moving topically from a discussion of the election and the LGBTQ community at the system level, the contributors move on to assess the effect of the election at both family level and the individual level as well. Representing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodological approaches, this interdisciplinary volume will appeal to students and researchers interested in the 2016 US election, and those interested in the impact of politics on marginalized communities more broadly. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of GLBT Family Studies.
Download or read book Minority Stress Spirituality and Psychological Quality of Life in a Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Sample written by Megan Purser and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Attachment Evolution and the Psychology of Religion written by Lee A. Kirkpatrick and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and engaging book, Lee Kirkpatrick establishes a broad, comprehensive framework for approaching the psychology of religion from an evolutionary perspective. Kirkpatrick argues that religion is a collection of byproducts of numerous psychological mechanisms and systems that evolved for other functions.
Download or read book Feel Secure in Yourself written by A. Lee Beckstead and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook is designed to increase readers’ personal resilience, self-acceptance, and growth from minority stress. Readers are encouraged to clarify their beliefs and improve their relationship with themselves to develop self-awareness, self-value, and self-direction. Conflicts can be resolved as readers develop knowledge of themselves and others and consider resilient ways of experiencing sexual and/or gender diversity. The LGBTQIA+ Peacemaking Book Project offers two guidebooks, Feel Secure in Yourself and Relate to Others with Confidence, and twelve e-resources self-published by each set of chapter coauthors. The chapter coauthors are scholars, clinicians, and/or community leaders, with differing and sometimes politically opposing viewpoints. They collaborated to find common ground, reduce prejudice, and improve LGBTQIA+ health and self-development for a wide range of readers. These self-help resources are written for the general public and can be used by academics, clinicians, researchers, religious leaders, parents, and other providers who want to learn updated and integrated ideas and skills about sexuality, gender, race and ethnicity, faith and purpose of life, emotional health, resilience, and relationships. This book project is a social experiment of bridge-building and hope to empower readers with identity and skill development and to reduce the side-taking that impairs growth.
Download or read book Coming Out Coming Home written by Kenneth Burr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming Out, Coming Home has the potential for increasing spiritual growth and development in our society. Although many books have been written about gay rights and pro-gay theologies, few have provided people with an opportunity to enlarge belief systems advocating Scriptural principles while embracing the possibility of gay spirituality. In our present culture many people feel the need to split the personal from their professional lives in order to maintain proper boundaries, and the private from the public in order to gain the acceptance of others. This book provides the opportunity for readers to find a deeper connection with themselves and others as you savor the stories of sexual minorities who have sought meaningful connections between their spirituality and sexuality. Expect to experience something profound when you find formerly rigid boundaries between God and gays begin to relax. Your God might be much larger than you ever imagined!
