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Homosexual Identity Formation as a Developmental Process.
- Source :
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Journal of Homosexuality . Winter83/Spring84, Vol. 9 Issue 2/3, p91-104. 14p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- Honmosexual identity is conceptualized as a life-spanning developmental process that eventually leads to personal acceptance of a positive gay self-image and a coherent personal identity. J. Habermas' theory of ego development is utilized to provide a synthesis and understanding of the literature on the construction and maintenance of the homosexual idenity. It is concluded that the homosexual idenity generally emerges in a three-stage process in which the person progresses from an egocentric interpretation of homoerotic feelings to an internalization of the normative, conventional assumptions about homosexuality to a post-conventional phase in which societal norms are critically evaluated and the positive gay identity is achieved and managed.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00918369
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2/3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Homosexuality
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14175520