TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated With Involvement in Nonmetropolitan LGBTQ Organizations
T2 - Proximity? Generativity? Minority Stress? Social Location?
AU - Paceley, Megan S.
AU - Oswald, Ramona Faith
AU - Hardesty, Jennifer L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Rainbow Illinois Survey was funded by a grant to the second author from the University of Illinois Campus Research Board.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - Little is known about involvement in LGBTQ organizations. Factors associated with involvement in nonmetropolitan LGBTQ organizations were examined using logistic regression and survey data from 426 LGBTQ individuals residing in a nonmetropolitan region. Involvement was examined in five types of organizations (professional, social/recreational, religious, political, and community center/charity). The same model testing proximity, generativity, minority stress, and social location hypotheses was repeated for each organization type. Results demonstrate that the generativity hypothesis is most strongly supported. Indeed, emotional attachment to the LGBTQ community significantly increased the odds of involvement in every type of organization. However, the factors associated with involvement otherwise differed by organization type. Implications for organizational leaders are discussed.
AB - Little is known about involvement in LGBTQ organizations. Factors associated with involvement in nonmetropolitan LGBTQ organizations were examined using logistic regression and survey data from 426 LGBTQ individuals residing in a nonmetropolitan region. Involvement was examined in five types of organizations (professional, social/recreational, religious, political, and community center/charity). The same model testing proximity, generativity, minority stress, and social location hypotheses was repeated for each organization type. Results demonstrate that the generativity hypothesis is most strongly supported. Indeed, emotional attachment to the LGBTQ community significantly increased the odds of involvement in every type of organization. However, the factors associated with involvement otherwise differed by organization type. Implications for organizational leaders are discussed.
KW - bisexual
KW - community involvement
KW - gay
KW - generativity
KW - lesbian
KW - minority stress
KW - proximity
KW - queer
KW - social location
KW - transgender
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U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2014.928582
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2014.928582
M3 - Article
C2 - 24885159
AN - SCOPUS:84905104300
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 61
SP - 1481
EP - 1500
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 10
ER -