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Political adherence to the [[homosexual agenda]] results in refusal even to consider the possibility that conversion therapy is effective.  Politics may explain the American Psychological Association's refusal to cooperate in a proposal to study the effectiveness of conversion therapy: "NARTH offered to join with the American Psychological Association (APA) in conducting a detailed study of the effectiveness of reparative therapy. The APA refused to cooperate."<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_nart.htm#study Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance]</ref>

Political adherence to the [[homosexual agenda]] results in refusal even to consider the possibility that conversion therapy is effective.  Politics may explain the American Psychological Association's refusal to cooperate in a proposal to study the effectiveness of conversion therapy: "NARTH offered to join with the American Psychological Association (APA) in conducting a detailed study of the effectiveness of reparative therapy. The APA refused to cooperate."<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_nart.htm#study Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance]</ref>

In 2021, the APA published a resolution condemning SOCE (Sexual Orientation Change Efforts). However, the document presents severe theoretical and methodological limitations by disregarding recent research and treating correlational data as causal.<ref>Rosik, Christopher. "A Critical Review of the “2021 APA [American Psychological Association] Resolution on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts”." ''Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research'', 2022.</ref> It also relies on the controversial minority stress theory and groups into a single category everything from aversive and traumatic 20th-century techniques—such as electric shocks, nausea induction, and physical or verbal coercion—to voluntary talk psychotherapies focused on value clarification, which is the type of therapy people actually refer to when defending "SOCE" today.<ref>American Psychological Association et al. ''APA resolution on sexual orientation change efforts''. American Psychological Association, 2021.</ref><ref>Rosik, Christopher. "A Critical Review of the “2021 APA [American Psychological Association] Resolution on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts”." ''Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research'', 2022.</ref> In reality, the outcomes of this practice vary significantly depending on the individual's profile: while non-voluntary participation under external pressure from non-religious individuals tends to produce reports of harm, the strictly voluntary engagement of highly religious individuals motivated to align their behavior with their spiritual values is associated with positive mental health outcomes, without an increase in distress or suicidal ideation.<ref>Rosik, Christopher. "A Critical Review of the “2021 APA [American Psychological Association] Resolution on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts”." ''Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research'', 2022.</ref>

In 2021, the APA published a resolution condemning SOCE (Sexual Orientation Change Efforts).<ref>American Psychological Association et al. ''APA resolution on sexual orientation change efforts''. American Psychological Association, 2021.</ref> However, the document presents severe theoretical and methodological limitations by disregarding recent research and treating correlational data as causal.<ref>Rosik, Christopher. "A Critical Review of the “2021 APA [American Psychological Association] Resolution on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts”." ''Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research'', 2022.</ref> It also relies on the controversial minority stress theory and groups into a single category everything from aversive and traumatic 20th-century techniques—such as electric shocks, nausea induction, and physical or verbal coercion—to voluntary talk psychotherapies focused on value clarification, which is the type of therapy people actually refer to when defending "SOCE" today.<ref>Rosik, Christopher. "A Critical Review of the “2021 APA [American Psychological Association] Resolution on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts”." ''Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research'', 2022.</ref> In reality, the outcomes of this practice vary significantly depending on the individual's profile: while non-voluntary participation under external pressure from non-religious individuals tends to produce reports of harm, the strictly voluntary engagement of highly religious individuals motivated to align their behavior with their spiritual values is associated with positive mental health outcomes, without an increase in distress or suicidal ideation.<ref>Rosik, Christopher. "A Critical Review of the “2021 APA [American Psychological Association] Resolution on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts”." ''Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research'', 2022.</ref>

The opposition to conversion therapy is sometimes ideologically based, and it directs attention away from the harm that gay affirmative therapy can cause.

The opposition to conversion therapy is sometimes ideologically based, and it directs attention away from the harm that gay affirmative therapy can cause.