<p><b>Study Overview</b></p> <p> This study’s goal is to gather information about how heteronormative teachings can impact the process of sexual orientation questioning and how adopting an authentic identity label can impact current identity related distress. This study will be testing Michael Hogg's Uncertainty-Identity theory in the context of sexual orientation group identification. This research will be used to complete the requirements of an undergraduate Honors Thesis. </p> <p></p> <p><b> Hypotheses </b></p> <p>(1) individuals who experienced greater reinforcement of compulsory heterosexuality will report more distressing questioning processes.</p> <p>i.e. prescription of heteronormative ideals, measured as a continuous variable, is a predictor for distress experienced as a result of questioning one's sexual orientation.</p> <p>(2) sexual orientation questioning distress will be moderated by access to information about non-heterosexual identities.</p> <p>i.e. access to information outside of the heteronormative narrative is a protective factor against distress.</p> <p>(3) sexual orientation identity label authenticity will be a better predictor of current identity-related distress than perceived entitativity of sexual orientation identity label.</p>