Affirming Faith Experiences and Psychological Health for Caucasian Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals.

By Suzanne H Lease, S. Horne, Nicole Noffsinger-Frazier. 2005

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Religion, Spirituality, and LGBTQ Identity Integration (2015, background): “Affiliation with affirming religions seems to benefit psychological health, self-esteem and spirituality, for LGBQ and transgender people (Lease et al., 2005; Rodriguez, Lytle, & Vaughan, 2013; Yarhouse & Carrs, 2012).”
The Impact of Minority Stress on Mental Health and Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Women (2011, background): “Findings from a handful of studies have supported this notion, finding that spirituality was a significant predictor of adjustment and well-being (Coleman, 2003; Lease et al., 2005; Tan, 2005).”
Competing selves: Negotiating the intersection of spiritual and sexual identities. (2010, background): “Individuals often leave or feel left by their faith in the process of securing an LGB identity (Lease, Horne, NoffsingerFrazier, 2005; Davidson, 2000; Robinson, 1999), and conflict between religious and sexual identities has been associated with distress, including shame, internalized homophobia, de”
Internalized Heterosexism (2008, background): “Lease, Horne, and Noffsinger-Frazier (2005) reported that affirming faith experiences were related to less endorsement of IH (β = –.33).”