Therapies for Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction Are Effective, Study Finds
by Brandon Showalter, Christian Post:
A new study is challenging the American Psychological Association’s contention that therapies for unwanted same-sex attraction are harmful.
The study, “Effects of Therapy on Religious Men Who Have Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction,” which was first published July 23 in The Linacre Quarterly, finds that sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE), often derisively called “conversion therapy,” improves the mental health of participants. Researchers surveyed 125 male residents of the United States. The men, mostly Christian, were at various stages of experiencing unwanted same-sex attraction. Some were sexually active while others were abstaining from sex.
Eighty-nine percent of respondents were Christians from a variety of traditions; 13.6 percent identified themselves as “non-denominational Christians”; 5 percent said they were Roman Catholic; 28 percent were Mormons; and 9.6 percent were Jewish. 55 percent of the sample reported that they attended religious services weekly.
Fifty-four percent of the participants were single; 46 percent were married; and the sample had about the same number of those who were homosexually active as abstainers. Over 80 percent reported they had some degree of depression and suicidality at the beginning of therapy.
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