Ecological transition: Using Bronfenbrenner's model to study sexual identity change

Health Care For Women InternationalPublished 1 January 1992

Judith Porges Hollander, Linda Cade Haber

DOI10.1080/07399339209515985

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Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological transition model provides a framework to study coming out in lesbians and can reduce stress and promote health during coming out.

Abstract

Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological transition model provides a framework to study coming out in lesbians. The model takes into account activities such as sexual behavior, perceptions of the behavior, and social context in which behavior takes place. The importance of context makes this model useful in identifying possible connections between sexual identity alterations and larger social forces. Interventions based on this framework can reduce stress and promote health during coming out.

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