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Reducing Internalized Homonegativity: Refinement and Replication of an Online Intervention for Gay Men
Tania Israel1, Joshua A Goodman1, Caitlin R S Merrill1
1Department of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Journal of Homosexuality
|October 1, 2020
Summary
This study found that a brief intervention effectively reduced internalized homonegativity (IH) and increased gay affirmation in gay men. However, higher IH levels were observed in this sample compared to community-based groups.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Public Health
Background:
- Internalized homonegativity (IH) negatively impacts gay men's mental health.
- Previous interventions show promise but require replication in diverse samples.
- Recruitment outside traditional LGBT networks is crucial for broader reach.
Purpose of the Study:
- To replicate a brief intervention for reducing internalized homonegativity (IH).
- To compare IH levels between community-based and non-community-based samples.
- To assess the intervention's efficacy and longitudinal effects.
Main Methods:
- Recruited 484 gay and same-sex attracted men via Amazon Mechanical Turk.
- Assigned participants to either the intervention or a stress management control group.
- Administered a 30-day follow-up assessment to a subset of participants.
Main Results:
- The current non-community-based sample exhibited higher mean levels of IH than the original community-based sample.
- The intervention significantly reduced global IH, personal homonegativity, and increased gay affirmation.
- Follow-up results were not significant, potentially due to high attrition rates (n=96).
Conclusions:
- The brief intervention is efficacious in reducing internalized homonegativity and enhancing gay affirmation.
- Recruitment methods impact baseline IH levels.
- Further research is needed to address attrition and long-term intervention effects.
Keywords:
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