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ERIC Number: EJ802538
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0167
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Attitudes and Behaviors toward Lesbian and Gay Persons: Critical Correlates and Mediated Relations
Goodman, Melinda B.; Moradi, Bonnie
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v55 n3 p371-384 Jul 2008
With data from 255 college women and men, this study examined the relative strength of relations of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), and traditional gender role attitudes (TGRA) with anti-lesbian and gay (LG) attitudes. This study also tested the mediating role of anti-LG attitudes in the relations of RWA, SDO, and TGRA with LG-rejecting and -affirming behaviors. Results pointed to the importance of the relations of TGRA and RWA, but not SDO, with anti-LG attitudes and LG-rejecting behaviors. Furthermore, anti-LG attitudes mediated the links of RWA and TGRA with LG-rejecting behaviors. With regard to LG-affirming behaviors, TGRA was the only unique correlate, and anti-LG attitudes did not serve as a mediator. Implications for future research and practice are discussed. (Contains 1 footnotes, 3 tables, and 2 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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