JRH reports a study on Australian adults that found that that religious LGBs exhibited lower suicidality than their non-religious counterparts.

Date
Oct 9, 2012
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
Karl Kralovec
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Secondary
Reference

Karl Kralovec, Clemens Fartacek, Reinhold Fartacek, and Martin Plöderl, "Religion and suicide risk in lesbian, gay and bisexual Austrians," Journal of Religion and Health 53, no. 2 (2014): 413-423

Scribe/Publisher
Journal of Religion and Health
People
Clemens Fartacek, Karl Kralovec, Martin Plöder, Reinhold Fartacek
Audience
Reading Public
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Transcription

Religion was associated with higher scores of internalized homophobia, but with fewer suicide attempts. Our data indicate that religion might be both a risk and a protective factor against suicidality in religiously affiliated sexual minority individuals.

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