ABSTRACT

We conducted person-centered analysis of sexual orientation beliefs among sexual minorities to explore potential relationships between these beliefs and sexual orientation, developmental milestones, race and ethnicity, and attitudes about sexual orientation. We recruited participants (N = 416) via Amazon Mechanical Turk who completed measures of beliefs about sexual orientation and attitudes about their own sexuality, as well as assessments of mental health and age of sexual identity development milestones. We conducted a latent profile analysis and found three distinct sexual orientation belief profiles, similar to those previously observed in predominantly straight samples. We found that sexual orientation and race-ethnicity predicted belief profile membership, with the latter exhibiting the most substantial effect. Of the four identity developmental milestones tested, only the age of first same-sex attraction predicted belief profile membership. Across profiles, members differed significantly in their mean endorsement of both positive and negative attitudes regarding sexual orientation and psychological distress. Thus, the current research suggests that sexual orientation beliefs are powerful constructs in the lives of sexual minorities, with relationships to sexual orientation, other social identities, and mental health.

摘要

我们对性少数群体的性取向信仰进行了以人为中心的分析，以探索这些信仰与性取向、发展里程碑、种族和民族以及对性取向的态度之间的潜在关系。我们招募了参与者（N= 416）通过亚马逊机械土耳其人完成了关于性取向的信念和对自己性行为的态度的测量，以及对心理健康和性身份发展里程碑年龄的评估。我们进行了潜在的剖面分析，发现了三个不同的性取向信念剖面，与之前在主要直男样本中观察到的相似。我们发现性取向和种族-民族预测了信仰档案的成员资格，后者表现出最显着的影响。在测试的四个身份发展里程碑中，只有第一个同性吸引力的年龄预测了信仰档案的成员身份。在所有资料中，成员在对性取向和心理困扰的积极和消极态度的平均认可方面存在显着差异。因此，