Experiences of the Orthodox Community Among Orthodox Jewish Gay Men

Kissil, Karni; Itzhaky, Haya

doi:10.1080/10538720.2015.1051686

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“…At the same time, holding conservative views may help SGMs find support, belonging, and congruence, as being more engaged in these beliefs may facilitate stronger social ties to like-minded congregants and family members (Lefevor, McGraw, et al, 2021). Conservatively religious SGMs may thus experience increased family support but decreased SGM-identity support (Kissil & Itzhaky, 2015; Lefevor, Sorrell, et al, 2019). These trends may be amplified when SGMs attend faith-based colleges and universities, with RS SGMs experiencing both enhanced stress and enhanced support (Dean et al, 2021; Etengoff, 2021; Heiden-Rootes, Wiegand, et al, 2020; Yarhouse et al, 2009).…”

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Religion/Spirituality, Stress, and Resilience Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: The Religious/Spiritual Stress and Resilience Model

Lefevor

Etengoff

Davis

et al. 2023

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Although many sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) consider themselves religious or spiritual, the impact of this religiousness or spirituality (RS) on their health is poorly understood. We introduce the religious/spiritual stress and resilience model (RSSR) to provide a robust framework for understanding the variegated ways that RS influences the health of SGMs. The RSSR bridges existing theorizing on minority stress, structural stigma, and RS-health pathways to articulate the circumstances under which SGMs likely experience RS as health promoting or health damaging. The RSSR makes five key propositions: (a) Minority stress and resilience processes influence health; (b) RS influences general resilience processes; (c) RS influences minority-specific stress and resilience processes; (d) these relationships are moderated by a number of variables uniquely relevant to RS among SGMs, such as congregational stances on same-sex sexual behavior and gender expression or an individual’s degree of SGM and RS identity integration; and (e) relationships between minority stress and resilience, RS, and health are bidirectional. In this manuscript, we describe the empirical basis for each of the five propositions focusing on research examining the relationship between RS and health among SGMs. We conclude by describing how the RSSR may inform future research on RS and health among SGMs.

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Religion/Spirituality, Stress, and Resilience Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: The Religious/Spiritual Stress and Resilience Model

Lefevor

Etengoff

Davis

et al. 2023

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…Finally , keeping a secret from the whole community can lead to distancing from community members and may generate ambivalent feelings about the sense of community belonging. These ambivalent feelings may be particularly complex in the ultra-orthodox community, where interpersonal relationships and a sense of belonging are highly important [ 39 ].…”

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Perceptions among diabetic patients in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community regarding medication adherence: a qualitative study

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Background Promoting a healthy lifestyle and achieving strict adherence to medical treatment among patients with diabetes are key objectives in public health. Yet health behaviors are often culturally driven, especially in closed religious communities. This study seeks to reveal key cultural-religious factors, attitudes and behaviors characterizing the lifestyle in one such closed community—the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community—by understanding the attitudes of ultra-Orthodox patients with diabetes toward coping with their illness and the factors impacting their adherence to medicinal treatment. Method Qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 ultra-Orthodox patients with diabetes using a semi-structured, in-depth questionnaire. Results Three main themes emerged: 1) “The disease as a secret”: Hiding the disease among patients with diabetes in ultra-Orthodox society; 2) “Distinguishing between sacred and secular occasions”: ultra-Orthodox diabetes patients distinguish between treatment adherence on weekdays and treatment adherence on holidays or special occasions; 3) “Ask the rabbi”: In cases of dilemmas that involved conflicts between halakhic rulings and doctors’ instructions, the rabbi’s decision was usually the final one. Conclusions The findings of this study may help provide an in-depth understanding of the obstacles and motives of ultra-Orthodox patients in adhering to medicinal treatment of diabetes in particular and to medicinal treatment in general, thus helping family physicians who treat this population provide optimal and appropriate treatment.

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“…Although often well-intentioned and dependent on context, such identity concealment may be putting their sense of social support and connection at risk (Jordan 2017;Shilo et al 2016). Indeed, this strategy appears to contribute to an array of difficulties (e.g., depression, anxiety; Kissil and Itzhaky 2015;Livingston et al 2020). From an RCT perspective, these associations between concealment and adverse mental health outcomes may not be solely due to the difficulties and stress of concealment efforts, but also to the adverse effects of lacking genuine social connection and mutually growth-fostering relationships (Jordan 2017).…”

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“…Sexual minorities often conceal their sexual identities in an effort to avoid some of these stressors (e.g., prejudice, discrimination). Although sexual minorities who conceal often avoid some degree of external stressors (Livingston et al 2020), their efforts to conceal are inherently stressful and linked to adverse outcomes such as a sense of disconnection, loneliness, and emotional distress (Kissil and Itzhaky 2015;Shilo et al 2016).…”

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A Relational-Cultural Approach to Examining Concealment among Latter-Day Saint Sexual Minorities

Skidmore,

Sorrell,

Lake

2024

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Sexual minorities often conceal their sexual identity from others to avoid distal stressors. Such concealment efforts occur more frequently among sexual minorities in religious settings where rejection and discrimination are more likely. Using a sample of 392 Latter-day Saint (“Mormon”) sexual minorities, we assess (a) the effect of religious affiliation on concealment efforts, (b) the relationship between social support, authenticity, and religious commitment on concealment, and (c) the moderating effect of authenticity on religious commitment and concealment. Multi-level model analyses revealed that religious affiliation alone accounted for over half (51.7%) of the variation in concealment efforts for Latter-day Saint sexual minorities. Social support directly was related to less concealment, whereas religious commitment was related to more concealment, with authenticity moderating the impact of religious commitment on concealment efforts. The present study provides insight into how religious sexual minorities may approach relationships and inadvertently wound their chances to connect with others.

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Experiences of the Orthodox Community Among Orthodox Jewish Gay Men

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Religion/Spirituality, Stress, and Resilience Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: The Religious/Spiritual Stress and Resilience Model

Religion/Spirituality, Stress, and Resilience Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: The Religious/Spiritual Stress and Resilience Model

Perceptions among diabetic patients in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community regarding medication adherence: a qualitative study

A Relational-Cultural Approach to Examining Concealment among Latter-Day Saint Sexual Minorities

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