William S. Bradshaw's research while affiliated with Brigham Young University - Hawaii and other places

... Other studies found former SGM Latter-day Saints have better mental health than current Latter-day Saint SGMs (Bradshaw et al. 2022;Dehlin et al. 2014a;Ison et al. 2010) or that those in same-sex relationships had better mental health (Bradshaw et al. 2022); though these studies employed no statistical controls (see also Crowell et al. 2015). One study that did use controls found former SGM Latter-day Saints had less depression and more life satisfaction and flourishing than current SGM Latter-day Saints (Lefevor et al. 2020b). ...

... Sex differences regarding feelings towards The Church of Jesus Christ were also examined for same-sex attracted (SSA) men and women. Bradshaw et al. (2021) found that SSA women experienced greater alienation from the Church, were more likely than SSA men to express negative sentiments about their church experiences, and were less likely to subscribe to Church beliefs. Even though more women than men identified as bisexual, bisexuality facilitated continued activity in the Church for both sexes, but less so for women. ...

... However, some researchers have been questioning the common view that religious affiliation is the main factor to the acceptance of evolution. They argue that it is more likely that people form beliefs congruent with their broad cultural identity, which includes but is not limited to religious belief [35,36]. However, most articles arguing in this direction are case studies and philosophical or legal debates about evolution vs creation in the school curricula, mostly in the U.S. context [37]. ...

... Approximately 8% of students begin college with at least some AP credits (Evans, 2019), and those thousands of students must make a choice: do they accept their AP credit and move ahead to more advanced courses to reduce their time to degree, as proponents of the AP program argue they are prepared to do (Klopfenstein, 2010)? Or do they heed the warnings of faculty members who believe students should repeat AP credit at the college level to gain greater depth of understanding (Hansen et al., 2006;National Research Council, 2002)? Students, and the academic advisors who guide them, need more than anecdotal information to make evidence-based decisions that promote academic success in college. ...

... Finally, Angoff et al.'s (2021) findings are somewhat unclear, though it appears SGM Latter-day Saints may have fewer non-suicidal injuries (NSSI) (or are not any different) than SGMs of other religions or no religion. Some research finds family support predictive of better mental health for SGM Latter-day Saints (Grigoriou 2014;Mattingly et al. 2016). Two studies found no difference in depression or life satisfaction across Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint SGMs (Lefevor et al. 2021b;Skidmore et al. 2022a). ...

... Research focusing specifically on the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals in the LDS religion overwhelmingly focus on currently religious gay men (Bradshaw et al., 2015) or mixed orientation marriages (Bridges et al., 2019). This leaves several gaps in the research for work focusing specifically on lesbians and former LDS members. ...

... Some studies may have contained elements of more than one of these categories. Studies examining the experiences of SGM Latter-day Saints often describe difficulties navigating their sexuality and religious identity Dehlin et al. 2014aDehlin et al. , 2014bDehlin et al. 2015). Resolving identity conflict is likely important for better mental health Grigoriou 2014). ...

... No overarching, guiding theory has emerged from these reviews, but this literature can be divided into studies that examine ways in which RS has perpetuated harms among SGMs and ways in which RS has promoted resilience among SGMs. Many SGMs have reported (both quantitatively and qualitatively) substantial harms related to their RS identities, experiences, and communities (Dehlin et al., 2014;W. J. Hall, 2018;Jacobsen & Wright, 2014). ...

... B. Foster et al., 2017;Kubicek et al., 2009;Wright & Stern, 2016). Ultimately, internalized stigma seems to be associated with depression, substance use, and suicide (Alessi et al., 2021;Kralovec et al., 2014;Newcomb & Mustanski, 2010), though at least a handful of studies suggest that this relationship is less strong among individuals who are RS Crowell et al., 2015;Kralovec et al., 2014), potentially due to conceptual overlap between measures of RS and internalized stigma i.e., measures of internalized stigma assess attitudes and behaviors that an RS individual would endorse, regardless of their degree of internalized stigma; although see Lefevor et al., 2022, for a recent meta-analysis that suggests this may not be the case). Many studies have suggested that RS ultimately affects SGMs' health negatively because SGMs who are RS experience less SGM identity affirmation and more religiously based conflict than those who are not RS (Heiden-Rootes, Wiegand, et al., 2020;Jacobsen & Wright, 2014;Page et al., 2013;Stern & Wright, 2018;Szymanski & Carretta, 2019). ...

... SGMs may also experience religiously motivated efforts to change gender identity or sexual orientation change efforts (Beckstead & Morrow, 2004;Freeman-Coppadge & Horne, 2019). Change efforts include individual-led efforts (e.g., cognitive reframing, "trying" to change), religiously based efforts (e.g., fasting, prayer), therapistled efforts (e.g., conversion therapy), and group efforts (e.g., group retreats, support groups; Bradshaw et al., 2015). Although many RS SGMs appear to engage in change efforts at some point in their life (Dehlin, Galliher, Bradshaw, Hyde, et al., 2015), a very small minority (as few as 4%) report that these efforts are successful in changing core experiences of sexuality or gender for even a short length of time . ...