Sexual minorities (SMs) who are current/former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDSs) report high levels of depression and risk for suicide. Recent research has suggested that specific LDS religious beliefs may be related to these negative mental health outcomes. Using two independent online samples of current/former LDS SMs (Sample 1 = 403; Sample 2 = 545), we tested associations of affirming/nonaffirming LDS beliefs with depression and suicide risk cross-sectionally (Sample 1), and then longitudinally (Sample 2) tested if religious/spiritual struggles and internalized stigma mediated these relationships. Cross-sectionally, nonaffirming LDS beliefs were associated with higher depression, but effects disappeared when religious/spiritual struggles and internalized stigma were entered in the model. Affirming LDS beliefs were unrelated to depression and suicide risk. Longitudinally, after including earlier levels of internalized stigma, religious/spiritual struggles, depression, and suicide risk as controls, nonaffirming beliefs indirectly predicted more depression 2 months later (Time 3) through internalized stigma at 1 month (Time 2). These results suggest LDS beliefs may play an important role in the development and experience of depression for LDS sexual minorities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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肯定和不肯定的宗教信仰预测后期圣徒性少数群体的抑郁和自杀风险。

现任/前任耶稣基督后期圣徒教会 (LDS) 成员的性少数群体 (SM) 报告称，他们患有高水平的抑郁症和自杀风险。最近的研究表明，特定的 LDS 宗教信仰可能与这些负面的心理健康结果有关。使用当前/以前的 LDS SM 的两个独立在线样本（样本 1 = 403；样本 2 = 545），我们横向测试了肯定/不肯定 LDS 信念与抑郁和自杀风险的关联（样本 1），然后纵向（样本2) 测试宗教/精神斗争和内化的耻辱是否调解了这些关系。从横截面上看，非肯定的 LDS 信念与更高的抑郁症相关，但当宗教/精神斗争和内化耻辱被输入模型时，影响消失了。确认 LDS 信念与抑郁症和自杀风险无关。从纵向上看，在将早期水平的内化污名、宗教/精神斗争、抑郁和自杀风险作为控制因素后，非肯定信念通过 1 个月时的内化污名（时间 2）间接预测了 2 个月后（时间 3）的更多抑郁。这些结果表明 LDS 信念可能在 LDS 性少数群体的抑郁症的发展和经历中发挥重要作用。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。这些结果表明 LDS 信念可能在 LDS 性少数群体的抑郁症的发展和经历中发挥重要作用。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。这些结果表明 LDS 信念可能在 LDS 性少数群体的抑郁症的发展和经历中发挥重要作用。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。