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Publication Date: 2005
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Identity Interaction: Exploring the Spiritual Experiences of Lesbian and Gay College Students
Love, Patrick; Bock, Marriane; Jannarone, Annie; Richardson, Paul
Journal of College Student Development, v46 n2 p193-209 Mar-Apr 2005
Researchers explored the experiences of 7 lesbian and 5 gay male college students in the area of spirituality. Participants shared the challenges they faced, how they dealt with those experiences and challenges, and how their spiritual identity development related to their sexual orientation. Findings include the categories of reconciliation, nonreconciliation, and undeveloped spirituality, as well as issues of awareness, acceptance, and patterns and relationships related to sexual orientation and spirituality. Five of the participants had reconciled their spiritual and sexual identity, a few were actively struggling with these two aspects of their identity, and others had not yet dealt with this issue and kept the two aspects of their identity separate.
Descriptors: College Students, Homosexuality, Religious Factors, Females, Males, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Spiritual Development, Beliefs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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