Attachment, Well-Being, Distress, and Spirituality in Celibate Gay Christians

This study utilized archival data from 118 celibate gay Christians in order to explore general attachment styles through measuring attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, wellbeing through measuring life satisfaction, distress through measuring levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, and intrinsic and extrinsic spirituality by measuring organized and non-organized religious activity. This study found that celibate gay Christians experience moderate to high well-being, non-clinical levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, high activity in organized and nonorganized religious practices, high levels of intrinsic religiosity, and primarily a preoccupied attachment style, followed by a secure style, in their attachments. Attachment style was a significant factor in relationship to levels of distress, and extrinsic spirituality had a significant positive relationship with levels of well-being.