TY - JOUR
T1 - Religious participation and identity salience of black men who have sex with men
T2 - Findings from a nationally recruited sample
AU - Lassiter, Jonathan Mathias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This cross-sectional quantitative study examined religious participation and religious identity salience in a nationally recruited sample of 428 Black men who have sex with men. Frequency analyses, X2 analyses, and multinomial logistic regression were used to assess levels of religious participation and religious identity salience and their sociodemographic correlates. Results indicated that Black men who have sex with men have low rates of religious participation but moderate to high levels of religious identity salience. Sexual orientation identity label, sexual attraction, denominational affiliation, and disclosure of sexual orientation to church members were found to be significant correlates of religious participation and identity salience. The implications of these findings for clinical practice with Black men who have sex with men are discussed.
AB - This cross-sectional quantitative study examined religious participation and religious identity salience in a nationally recruited sample of 428 Black men who have sex with men. Frequency analyses, X2 analyses, and multinomial logistic regression were used to assess levels of religious participation and religious identity salience and their sociodemographic correlates. Results indicated that Black men who have sex with men have low rates of religious participation but moderate to high levels of religious identity salience. Sexual orientation identity label, sexual attraction, denominational affiliation, and disclosure of sexual orientation to church members were found to be significant correlates of religious participation and identity salience. The implications of these findings for clinical practice with Black men who have sex with men are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/sgd0000176
DO - 10.1037/sgd0000176
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85030620064
SN - 2329-0382
VL - 3
SP - 304
EP - 312
JO - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
JF - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
IS - 3
ER -