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Foundational Social Science Research on LGBTQ+ Communities and Populations
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Special Issue "Foundational Social Science Research on LGBTQ+ Communities and Populations"

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1525

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Elbert P. Almazan
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School of Politics, Society, Justice and Public Service, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
Interests: LGBT health; health disparities
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Social science researchers have paid more attention to LGBTQ+ communities and populations in recent years, and this has resulted in the publication of many journal articles, books, and studies. Nevertheless, some underdeveloped theories, methods, and applications continue to persist due to cultural and institutional barriers to understanding LGBTQ+ groups. This Special Issue focuses on foundational research on LGBTQ+ communities and populations that can provide an initial understanding of those groups, with the goal of generating interest. Potential contributors are welcome to contact Dr. Elbert P. Almazan (almaz1ep@cmich.edu) or the Editorial Office regarding their submission ideas.

Dr. Elbert P. Almazan
Guest Editor

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A Multidimensional Understanding of the Relationship between Sexual Identity, Heteronormativity, and Sexual Satisfaction among a Cisgender Sample
by
Brad van Eeden-Moorefield
,
Steph Cooke
,
Jacqueline Bible
and
Elvis Gyan
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12(9), 527; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12090527 - 20 Sep 2023
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Abstract
Contemporary scholarship has begun to focus more on understanding the myriad health disparities (e.g., sexual anxiety, depression) related to sexual identity and its correlates. Sexual satisfaction is linked to many of these disparities, thereby serving as a potentially impactful correlate to understand more [...] Read more.
Contemporary scholarship has begun to focus more on understanding the myriad health disparities (e.g., sexual anxiety, depression) related to sexual identity and its correlates. Sexual satisfaction is linked to many of these disparities, thereby serving as a potentially impactful correlate to understand more deeply in ways that might suggest potential intervention sites to mitigate various disparities. Further, there have also been calls to consider sexual identity multidimensionally beyond only self-identified sexual orientation (LGBQ+ vs. heterosexual) as well as to better understand the role of cultural factors, such as heteronormativity, as correlates of health disparities. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study used internet survey data from 455 cisgender adults of varying sexual identities to test a moderated mediating model linking two dimensions of sexual identity (self-identified sexual orientation and attraction) to sexual satisfaction as mediated by heteronormativity. Results from the multi-group path model analysis were significant for moderation and suggest that heteronormativity mediated the relationship between the attraction dimension of sexual identity and sexual satisfaction only for those who identified as queer (i.e., LGBQ+), whereas attraction was directly related to sexual satisfaction for those that self-identified as heterosexual. Thus, different dimensions of sexual identity have differential impacts on sexual satisfaction and negative impacts of heteronormativity appear significant only for those that identify as queer. Full article
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