A multidimensional approach to homosexual identity
A multidimensional approach to homosexual identity
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DOI：
10.1300/j082v42n02_01
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Newcomb, MD
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作者：
Horowitz, JL;Newcomb, MD
现有的同性恋身份发展阶段模型没有考虑到人类性经验的多样性。舞台模特是从本质主义的角度出发的，同性恋身份形成的过程在很大程度上是一个意识到自己潜在的或真实的性取向的问题。一旦同性恋取向被确定，唯一合法的结果就是发展同性恋身份，并最终将这种身份作为整个自我的一个方面。在本文中，我们关注的是那些舞台模特不足以描述他们性认同发展经历的人。社会建构主义观点认为，身份的形成过程是个体与社会环境之间一个持续的、双向的互动过程，个体赋予这些因素的意义影响着自我建构和身份的发展。性别认同是在这种背景下发展起来的，因为它受到持续的相互作用的影响，在一个人的一生中随着时间和经历而变化。我们的模型并不依赖于现有的同性恋身份发展模型：相反，我们的模型将欲望、行为和身份视为与性身份相关的三个独立结构。我们假设，从社会建构主义的观点来看，性别认同的发展实际上没有真正的终点。
The existing developmental stage models of homosexual identity do not consider the diversity of human sexual experience. The stage models stein from an essentialist perspective, in which the process of homosexual identity formation is largely a matter of becoming aware of one's underlying, or real, sexual orientation. Once homosexual orientation is identified, the only legitimate outcome is to develop homosexual identity and eventually incorporate that identity as one aspect of the total self. In this paper, we are concerned with those people for whom the stage models are inadequate in describing their experience of sexual identity development. The social constructionist perspective holds that the process of identity formation is a continual, two-way interactive process between the individual and the social environment, and that the meanings the individual gives to these factors influence the development of self-constructs and identity. Sexual identity develops within this contextual framework and, because it is influenced by continual interaction, is fluid over time and experience, throughout one's life. Our model does not rely on the existing developmental models of homosexual identity: rather, our model looks at desire, behavior, and identity as three separate constructs related to sexual identity. We posit that from the social constructionist viewpoint, there is in fact no true endpoint to sexual identity development.