The HAHRM Study: Homosexuality among Highly Religious Mormons

This is a longitudinal study that deals with issues of gay Mormons and their relationships. One hundred and fifty-six participants completed the first survey by May 2003 and 72 of those individuals and 18 new participants filled out the follow-up survey by May 2007 to make a total of 255 completed surveys and a total of 183 participants.

The following outline provides a list of anticiapted reports on the initial results of this study. They will continue to be added to the site as they are completed. Those who participated or others are welcomed to provide feedback. These research reports may be modified in the future. Copies of the original surveys have been donated to the libraries at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Weber State University, and The One Archive (Los Angeles). Copies of the quantitative data will be made available for free download through the Social Science Data Archive (ICPSR) at the conclusion of compiling these initial results.

An attempt has been made to break the initial results into short segments (reports)of about 5-8 pages to make them consise and easy to read. The outline below has links to these short research reports and shows the direction anticipated for future research. Links will be added as each new report is put online. These reports may be updated or corrected from time to time depending on feedback and further research.

Part I: Describing Data and Patterns

Introduction to the Study

  1. Genesis of the HAHRM Study
  2. Mormonism and Homosexuality: Three Examples
  3. Strugglers, Secliarists, & Moderates
  4. The HAHRM Data
  5. Basic Descriptive Information, Pt. 1: Religion, Sexuality, and Suicide Ideation
  6. Basic Descriptive Information, Pt. 2: Age, Gender, Education, Income, Marital Status & Children, Geographic Distribution
  7. Religious-Homosexuality Identity Scale

Literature Review

  1. LDS-Homosexual Identity and Social-Spiritual Needs(4)
  2. LDS Reparative Therapy Studies (4)
  3. Review of Eleven Mormon-Homosexual Studies

Mental Health Outcomes

  1. Happiness-Depression-Anxiety (Suicide) Measures
  2. Improvement Measure

Intimate Relationship Dynamics

  1. Literature Review
  2. LDS Heterosexual and Homosexual Relationships
  3. Comparing Multiple Relationships

Other Possible Topics

Personality and LDS Coping Outcomes

  1. RELATE Personality Measures (The Big Five)
  2. LDS Women and Homosexuality
  3. Masculinity/Feminity Measures

Other Measures

  1. Value Priorities (Rokeach)
  2. Hardiness (Coping) Scale
  3. Ego Resilienc/Control and LDS Coping Outcomes

Essays

  1. Homosexual Mormons: Transitions and Ontological Axioms
  2. Knights of Faith: LDS Non-homosexual Strugglers
  3. Catastrophe Theory Model for Conflict of Gay-Mormons

(Those with suggestions, corrections, or other feedback are welcome to send their ideas to: garyhorlacher@yahoo.com)