Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
17
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 45-58
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2011
Abstract
Symbolic homophobia is a general negative disposition towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals, which is demonstrated in symbolic forms of prejudice rather than overt actions. Stigma towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals has transformed from overt forms of prejudice to slightly less blatant more subtle forms in recent years (Schafer & Shaw, 2009). Based on previous research, it is has also been shown that conservatives will have higher levels of symbolic homophobia. (Linneman, 2004), Thus, in order to assess the more nuanced forms of prejudice in relation to political affiliation, Study 1 created a scale to assess symbolic homophobia. In Study 2, experimental design was implemented to assess whether a positive description of a gay couple (compared to a positive description of a straight couple) lowers an individual's symbolic homophobia. The results of Study 1 suggest that the newly created symbolic homophobia scale is valid and those with conservative political ideology are more symbolically homophobic than liberals. Additionally, Study 2 found that being presented with a vignette of a gay couple lowers the participant's symbolic homophobia score.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
14 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 17 no. 1 2011
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Moore, Michael and Moors, Amy
(2011)
""I would feel uncomforable if my child's teacher were gay": examining the role of symbolic homophobia and political affiliation,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 17:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol17/iss1/7
Department
Dept. of Psychology