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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Sexual identity development"”.
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Examining the relationships between childhood sexual abuse, sexual identity development, and sexual satisfaction
… theorists have posited that forming a cohesive identity, including forming a cohesive sexual identity, is essential in one's life (Erikson & Erikson; 1998, Weeks, 1985). This study examined how a history of childhood sexual abuse impacts the process of forming a cohesive sexual identity in …
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Reflected Appraisals And Racial And Sexual Identity Development In The Lives Of Black Lesbian And Bisexual Women
… theory about the relationship between racial identity statuses and the experience of reflected appraisals in the lives of Black lesbian and bisexual women. Black lesbian and bisexual women were specifically selected in this study due to the unique and multiple issues Black lesbian and bisexual …
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An ethnographic analysis of adolescent sexual minority website usage: exploring notions of information seeking and sexual identity development
… explores the website usage of adolescent sexual minorities, examining notions of information seeking and sexual identity development. Sexual information seeking is an important element within human information behavior and is uniquely problematic for young sexual minorities. Utilizing a …
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Experiences of Christian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Emerging Adults: Family Upbringing, Identity Reconciliation, and Meaning-Making
… with organized religious institutions. Non-heterosexual individuals are half as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to report a religious identity. The following study contextualizes these demographic findings and considers their potential impact on family life, and more specifically the …
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Let’s Talk About Sex: Examining Clinical Training, Attitudes, and Clinician SelfAwareness Around Sexuality
<p>Though sex and sexuality have long been central aspects of the human experience, there is little exclusive focus within many graduate programs in clinical psychology on these topics, as these courses are infrequently offered and many programs do not offer them at all. Some studies have shown …
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Timing of Sexual Minority Identity Developmental Milestones and Well-Being among Three Generations of Gay Men
… contributed to a more accepting environment for sexual minorities (non-heterosexual individuals) in the U.S., but recent evidence suggests that these shifts may create a “developmental collision” for younger generations (Meyer et al., 2021; Russell & Fish, 2019). Younger generations of sexual …
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Examining levels of social support, concealment and disclosure and heterosexism as health indicators in sexual minority women who smoke
Recent evidence suggests self-identified sexual minority women (SMW) smoke at higher rates than gay men and heterosexual women. A limited amount of research for this disparity points to factors that include tobacco company targeted marketing, genetic differences, gender-based metabolic differences, …
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Queer Heterotopias in Higher Education: LGBTQ Student Identity in Web Logging
… life experiences in relationship with their identity on web logs; and (b) how these students reinforce or disrupt heteronormative assumptions regarding sexuality on web logs, potentially creating queer heterotopias online. The public domain web logs of the 7 participants were examined over a …
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The First Life Journey of Many: The Lived Experience of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning Individuals Who Were Raised Within the Catholic Church on Their Coming Out Process
<p>Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) adults encounter societal challenges, pushback from religious organizations, and discrimination from lawmakers which interfere with their ability to come out as their true selves. This qualitative, phenomenologically oriented study …
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A WOMAN'S VOICE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON HOW FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE WOMEN UNDERSTAND THEIR SEXUAL EXPERIENCES
… how first-year college women understand their sexual experiences. By gathering narratives directly from first-year college women regarding their sex education background and experiences, this dissertation will obtain information needed to offer the types of successful strategies and information …
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The Impact of Outness and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Formation on Mental Health
… relationship between first disclosure, outness, sexual minority identity, and mental health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. That is, while the relationship between LGB identity and mental health has been relatively consistently positive in the literature, the relationship …
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A mixed methods approach to plurisexual identity development at the intersection of race/ethnicity and geographical location
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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Psychological adjustment of sexual minority youth from rural and non-rural areas
Bronfenbrenner (2001) proposes that individual development is based on reciprocal interactions between personal variables, social interactions and the environment. If exposed to a non-accepting environment, individuals are assumed to have poorer adjustment as compared to those in accepting …