The Experience of Relationship Dissolution among British Asian Gay Men: Identity Threat and Protection

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dc.contributor.authorJaspal, Rusien
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-03T15:13:18Z
dc.date.available2016-11-03T15:13:18Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-09
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractRelationship dissolution has generally been associated with decreased psychological well-being, but little is known about how ethnic and religious minority gay men experience and cope with relationship dissolution. This article examines interview data from sixteen self-identified British South Asian gay men who provided insights into how they experienced and coped with relationship dissolution and into the potential effects of this for identity. Data were analyzed qualitatively using interpretative phenomenological analysis and identity process theory. The following themes are outlined: (i) constructing identity around the relationship; (ii) relationship breakdown and threats to identity; and (iii) repairing identity in silence. The data indicate the centrality of the relationship to identity because of its ability to enhance identity processes and the detrimental effect for identity processes that dissolution can therefore have. Individuals relied heavily upon intrapsychic, deflection strategies for coping with identity threat, which was due to a general lack of social support. Minority group members who are fearful of disclosing their sexual identity to others may cope inadequately with relationship dissolution, exposing identity to chronic threat.en
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dc.identifier.citationJaspal, R. (2015) The Experience of Relationship Dissolution among British Asian Gay Men: Identity Threat and Protection. Sexuality Research & Social Policy, 12 (1), pp. 34-46en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-014-0175-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/12769
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
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dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.researchinstituteMedia Discourse Centre (MDC)en
dc.researchinstituteMary Seacole Research Centreen
dc.titleThe Experience of Relationship Dissolution among British Asian Gay Men: Identity Threat and Protectionen
dc.typeArticleen

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