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Abstract：
The changes in people\'s way of life through the years raise questions on how they address existential needs and concerns, particularly those related to life and death and spiritual connections. Through a scoping review, we surveyed studies on meaning in life, death anxiety, and spirituality within the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) community. We determined the extent to which these variables have been studied among LGB participants. A total of 28 eligible articles were reviewed. Six studies were found about meaning in life, five studies about death anxiety, and 16 studies about spirituality. Results suggest that meaning in life was derived from experiences related to parenthood, couplehood, and work satisfaction. Studies on death anxiety among LGB participants, which date back to the 1980 and 1990s, indicated the need to conduct present studies in this area. The review showed that LGB members distinguished between spirituality and religion, giving them more positive recognition of the former than the latter. The forms of spiritual expression were anchored to religious practices, for some, and other expressions of belief and faith outside the confines of formally established religions. Spiritual expressions generally accorded the LGB members direction and satisfaction in life. Not all segments of the LGB community were represented in the studies. The available studies, dominantly quantitative, centered only on the LGB experience. Target age groups varied across the studies. The review indicates that future studies can work on exploring these existential factors considering the emerging contexts and paradigms. Future research can focus on determining what factors contribute to meaning in life, given the changes in time.
摘要：
多年来人们生活方式的变化引发了人们如何解决生存需求和关切的问题，特别是那些与生死和精神联系有关的。通过范围审查，我们调查了关于生命意义的研究，死亡焦虑,和女同性恋的灵性，同性恋,和双性恋（LGB）社区。我们确定了这些变量在LGB参与者中的研究程度。共审查了28篇符合条件的文章。发现了六项关于生命意义的研究，五项关于死亡焦虑的研究，和16项关于灵性的研究。结果表明，生活中的意义来自与父母身份有关的经历，夫妻，和工作满意度。关于LGB参与者死亡焦虑的研究，可以追溯到1980和1990年代，这表明有必要在这一领域进行目前的研究。审查表明，LGB成员区分了灵性和宗教，给予他们对前者比后者更积极的认可。精神表达的形式以宗教习俗为基础，对一些人来说,以及在正式建立的宗教范围之外的其他信仰和信仰表达。精神表达通常符合LGB成员的方向和生活满意度。并非LGB社区的所有部分都代表在研究中。现有的研究，主要是定量的，仅集中在LGB体验上。目标年龄组在研究中各不相同。该评论表明，考虑到新兴的环境和范式，未来的研究可以探索这些存在因素。未来的研究可以集中在确定哪些因素有助于生活的意义，考虑到时间的变化。
