Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals raised in conservative religious traditions present to therapy with questions about how to navigate tension between their sexual/gender and religious identities. For therapists, having accurate information about (a) the typical process of religious deidentification, (b) its antecedents, and (c) its outcomes is critical to empowering these clients to make the decisions that are best for them. We present data from a preregistered 4-year longitudinal study of 164 LGBTQ+ people who were active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (CJCLDS) at baseline to examine the phenomenology, antecedents, and outcomes of religious change. Across the 4 years of our study, we found that two thirds of our sample religiously deidentified to some degree. On average, participants shifted their attendance at the worship services from weekly to a few times a year, and 40% of participants disaffiliated with the CJCLDS. Longitudinal multilevel models suggested that age predicted deidentification with younger participants deidentifying more quickly than older participants. Religious deidentification was positively related to engagement with LGBTQ+ communities, and follow-up cross-lagged panel analyses suggested that engagement with LGBTQ+ communities was predictive of subsequent decreases in service attendance rather than vice versa. No relationships were observed between religious deidentification and mental health or well-being. These data suggest that religious deidentification is normative and developmental for LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saints, this process is most active among younger individuals, and connecting with other LGBTQ+ people is a key facilitator for this process. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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驾驭信仰转变：对 LGBTQ+ 后期圣徒的宗教去身份化进行为期 4 年的纵向检查。


许多在保守宗教传统中长大的女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和酷儿/质疑者 （LGBTQ+） 个体在接受治疗时询问如何驾驭他们的性/性别和宗教身份之间的紧张关系。对于治疗师来说，拥有关于 （a） 宗教去标识化的典型过程，（b） 其前因和 （c） 其结果的准确信息对于使这些客户能够做出最适合他们的决定至关重要。我们展示了一项预先注册的 4 年纵向研究的数据，该研究对 164 名 LGBTQ+ 人进行了深入研究，这些人在基线时是耶稣基督后期圣徒教会 （CJCLDS） 的活跃成员，以检查宗教变革的现象学、前因和结果。在我们 4 年的研究中，我们发现三分之二的样本在某种程度上对宗教身份进行了去标识化。平均而言，参与者将参加礼拜仪式的时间从每周一次改为每年几次，40% 的参与者与 CJCLDS 无关。纵向多级模型表明，年龄预测去标识化，年轻参与者比年长参与者更快地去标识化。宗教去标识化与与 LGBTQ+ 社区的参与呈正相关，后续交叉滞后面板分析表明，与 LGBTQ+ 社区的接触可以预测随后服务出席率的下降，而不是相反。未观察到宗教去标识化与心理健康或福祉之间的关系。这些数据表明，宗教去标识化是 LGBTQ+ 后期圣徒的规范和发展，这个过程在年轻人中最为活跃，与其他 LGBTQ+ 人群的联系是这一过程的关键促进因素。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。