The Development of an Internalized Homonegativity Inventory for Gay Men

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Mayfield
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Internalized Homonegativity

Internalized Homonegativity, Sense of Belonging, and Depressive Symptoms Among Australian Gay Men

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Davidson ◽  
Suzanne McLaren ◽  
Megan Jenkins ◽  
Denise Corboy ◽  
Petah M. Gibbs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Internalized Homonegativity

scholarly journals RESHAPING THE HOMOSEXUAL IDENTITY OF MIDDLE-AGED GAY MEN IN AMERICA: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF IDENTITY PROCESS ON ANDREW SEAN GREER’S LESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Fairuz Su'da ◽  
Muh Arif Rokhman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Process Theory ◽  
Internalized Homonegativity ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Identity Process Theory ◽  
Homosexual Identity

The detrimental effects caused by the LGBT victimization in America are directly felt by middle-aged homosexuals nowadays and is internalized into their identity, creating problems that continuously affect them even after LGBT acceptance in the United States. The shift of homosexual identity in middle-aged American homosexuals is thus inevitable in order to regain their identity balance. Andrew Sean Greer’s Less depicts this issue through the internal conflicts of Arthur Less —a character struggling to accept his identity as an aging homosexual man. Arthur’s process in assimilating new experiences around him and accommodating his conceptionabout his homosexual identity become the highlights of this study. The writer utilizes Susan Krauss Whitbourne’s Identity Process Theory that deals with identity assimilation, identity accommodation, and identity balance. The result shows that past LGBT victimization has caused (1) HIV/AIDS trauma, (2) hyper-sexualized image, (3) cynicism towards marriage, and (4) internalized homonegativity, all of which creating the balance disruption on identity. When identity assimilation fails and identity accommodation occurs, middle-aged American homosexuals are encouraged to acknowledge that (1) homosexual identity exists beyond stereotyped sexual context, (2) there are no standardized attitudes that they must adopt, and (3) they are allowed to desire the same sense of comfort and intimacy through committed relationship or marriage, like their heterosexual counterparts.

scholarly journals Out of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1479
Author(s):  
Jack Thepsourinthone ◽  
Tinashe Dune ◽  
Pranee Liamputtong ◽  
Amit Arora
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Social Regulation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Internalized Homonegativity ◽  
Related Strain ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Social

This paper explores how Australian gay men experience gender and sexuality in relation to heteronormative gender norms, specifically masculinity. A sample of 32 gay men 22–72 years of age participated in an online interview, using a videoconferencing software, on masculinity and homosexuality. Thematic analyses revealed that gay men experience gender and sexuality-related strain across all levels of their socioecological environment through social regulation, homophobic discrimination/harassment, and anti-effeminacy prejudice. The gay men expressed feelings of self-loathing, shame, internalized homonegativity, and isolation as a result. In examining interactions at each level of the socioecological environment, future research and practice may gain understanding in the social phenomena and how to ameliorate such strain.

scholarly journals Coming Out, Distress and Identity Threat in Gay Men in the UK

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glynis M. Breakwell ◽  
Rusi Jaspal
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Internalized Homonegativity ◽  
Identity Threat ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Self Schema ◽  
Identity Changes ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Introduction Coming out as gay can be a psychologically challenging event, and recall of a negative coming out experience can initiate subsequent identity changes in gay men. We tested whether baseline levels of identity resilience and internalized homonegativity moderate these effects. Methods A between-participant experimental study, with an ethnically diverse sample of 333 gay men in the United Kingdom (UK), examined levels of contemporaneous identity threat of reflecting upon recollections of either a coming out experience that had a negative or a stabilizing effect on self-schema. Data were collected in 2020 and analyzed using multiple regression and path analysis. Results Path analysis showed that a model predicting level of identity threat after recall of a negative coming out experience fitted the data well. Identity resilience was negatively correlated with internalized homonegativity and distress during memory recall. Both distress and homonegativity correlated positively with identity threat. The relationship between recalling a negative coming out experience and distress was mediated by the perceived typicality of the recalled experience. Conclusions Through its effects on distress and internalized homonegativity, identity resilience reduces the threatening effect of recollecting a negative coming out experience upon contemporary identity. Policy Implications Offering gay men awareness of the social and psychological routes to raising identity resilience may be beneficial in reducing internalized homonegativity and the ongoing effects of remembered negative coming out experiences.

scholarly journals Las dos dimensiones del rechazo hacia las personas homosexuales / The two dimensions of the rejection toward homosexual persons

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
José Moral De La Rubia ◽  
Adrian Valle De La O
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Internalized Homonegativity ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Mexican Students ◽  
Close Fit ◽  
Better Than

Objetivo:Considerando los conceptos de actitud hacia las personas homosexua-les, homofobia y homonegatividad internalizada, este estudio tiene como objetivoscomprobar la hipotética distinción de dos dimensiones dentro del rechazo hacia laspersonas homosexuales, una de rechazo abierto y otra de rechazo sutil.Materialesy métodos:La escala de actitud hacia lesbianas y hombres homosexuales (ATLG),la escala homofobia (HF-8) y la escala de homonegatividad internalizada (HNI-16)fueron aplicadas a una muestra no probabilística de 231 estudiantes mexicanos demedicina y psicología (54% mujeres y 46% hombres). Los datos se analizaron poranálisis factorial confirmatorio.Resultados:Un modelo de dos factores tuvo buenajuste a los datos y su ajuste fue significativamente mejor que el de un modelo deun factor.Conclusiones:La distinción entre manifestaciones sutiles y abiertas en elrechazo hacia personas homosexuales puede ser sostenida empíricamente. Final-mente se hacen sugerencia para la evaluación e intervención en concordancia conesta conceptualización bidimensional. Objective: Taking into account the concepts of attitude toward homosexual persons,homophobia, and internalized homonegativity, the aims of this study were to verify thehypothetical distinction between two dimensions within the rejection toward homosexualpersons, one dimension of open rejection and another dimension of subtle rejection.Materials and methods: The Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay men (ATLG) scale,the 8-itemHomophobia (HF-8) scale and the 16-itemInternalized Homonegativity (HNI-16) scale were applied to a non-probability sample of 231 Mexican students of medicineand psychology (54% women and 46% men). Data were analyzed through confirmatoryfactor analysis. Results: A two-factor model had a close fit to the data, and its fitwas significantly better than the fit of a one-factor model. Conclusion: The distinctionbetween subtle and overt manifestations in the rejection toward homosexual personscan be empirically sustained. Finally, suggestions on evaluation and intervention areproposed in accordance with this two-dimensional conceptualization

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