EXPLORATION OF COMING OUT, LEVEL OF CHURCH ACTIVITY, SELF-SATISFACTION, AND ORTHODOXY IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER CHRISTIANS

dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, Sethen_US
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Emilyen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberRust, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberWallace, Monicaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T19:01:54Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T19:01:54Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-26en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to better understand the intersections between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer (LGBTQ) sexual orientation and Christian-based religious affiliations. One hundred and twenty-seven participants who identified LGBTQ completed an online survey to assess level of coming out, church activity, religious orthodoxy, and self-satisfaction. Survey results indicated that LGBTQ individuals who were active in a church community disclosed their sexual orientation to significantly fewer people compared to LGBTQ individuals who were inactive or had left a church community. There was not a significant difference in levels of self-satisfaction when comparing religiously active and inactive LGBTQ individuals. Participants also indicated a significant decrease in religious commitment to Christian doctrine after they acknowledged their own LGBTQ sexual orientation. Together, these findings highlight many of the challenges that LGBTQ individuals experience when integrating their sexual orientation and religious identity.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3639
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectLGBTQen_US
dc.subjectSelf-satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectSexual Orientationen_US
dc.subject.umiReligionen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleEXPLORATION OF COMING OUT, LEVEL OF CHURCH ACTIVITY, SELF-SATISFACTION, AND ORTHODOXY IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER CHRISTIANSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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