Sexual Identity Synthesis: Attributions, Meaning-Making, and the Search for Congruence

by Mark Yarhouse, Erica S. N. Tan

Overview

How does religious identity inform a person's sexual identity and vice versa? Sexual Identity Synthesis: Attributions, Meaning-Making, and the Search for Congruence answers these questions in this groundbreaking study on the development and synthesis of sexual identity among Christians who experience same-sex attraction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761829843
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/13/2004
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Mark Yarhouse is Associate Professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Yarhouse received his Psy.D in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College.

Erica S. N. Tan is in clinical practice at Eden Counseling Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Tan holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Regent University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Foundations: Models of Sexual Identity Development; Emerging Trends in Sexual Identity Theory
Chapter 3 The Sexual Identity Project: The Population and Study; Sexual Identity Dilemma; Sexual Identity Development; Sexual Identity Synthesis
Chapter 4 Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice: Theory, Research, and Practice
Chapter 5 Appendix A: Identity Synthesis Interview
Chapter 6 Appendix B: Questionnaire for LGB-Identified Participants
Chapter 7 Appendix C: Questionnaire for Dis-Identified Participants
Chapter 8 Endnotes
Chapter 9 Index
Chapter 10 About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

I am becoming increasingly convinced as I have taught human sexuality and pursued a special interest in the issue of homosexuality for over twenty years that identity is the key to understanding and addressing the experience of same-sex attraction. The work of Mark Yarhouse and Erica Tan has provided significant support to and affirmation of personal identity as central to the understanding of and effective work with same-sex issues, both in research and clinical practice. Everyone seriously interested in a sound and balanced approach to same-sex issues needs to read this book carefully.

Gary H. Strauss

The research and theoretical points explained in this book provide a refreshing and alternate approach to the often-confusing conflict of choosing between a gay or ex-gay identity. In a balanced way, Yarhouse and Tan describe how and why some people embrace different sexual and spiritual life pathways according to their values and perspectives. I hope others will adopt a similar neutral attitude in these issues that Yarhouse and Tan have undertaken.

A. Lee Beckstead

I am becoming increasingly convinced as I have taught human sexuality and pursued a special interest in the issue of homosexuality for over twenty years that identity is the key to understanding and addressing the experience of same-sex attraction. The work of Mark Yarhouse and Erica Tan has provided significant support to and affirmation of personal identity as central to the understanding of and effective work with same-sex issues, both in research and clinical practice. Everyone seriously interested in a sound and balanced approach to same-sex issues needs to read this book carefully.

The research and theoretical points explained in this book provide a refreshing and alternate approach to the often-confusing conflict of choosing between a gay or ex-gay identity. In a balanced way, Yarhouse and Tan describe how and why some people embrace different sexual and spiritual life pathways according to their values and perspectives. I hope others will adopt a similar neutral attitude in these issues that Yarhouse and Tan have undertaken.

From the Publisher

The research and theoretical points explained in this book provide a refreshing and alternate approach to the often-confusing conflict of choosing between a gay or ex-gay identity. In a balanced way, Yarhouse and Tan describe how and why some people embrace different sexual and spiritual life pathways according to their values and perspectives. I hope others will adopt a similar neutral attitude in these issues that Yarhouse and Tan have undertaken.

Lee Beckstead