ERIC Number: EJ970987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 11
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Anti-Transgender Prejudice: A Structural Equation Model of Associated Constructs
Tebbe, Esther N.; Moradi, Bonnie
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v59 n2 p251-261 Apr 2012
This study aimed to identify theoretically relevant key correlates of anti-transgender prejudice. Specifically, structural equation modeling was used to test the unique relations of anti-lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) prejudice; traditional gender role attitudes; need for closure; and social dominance orientation with anti-transgender prejudice. Social desirability was controlled as a covariate in the model. Analyses of data from 250 undergraduate students indicated that anti-LGB prejudice, traditional gender role attitudes, and need for closure each had positive unique relations with anti-transgender prejudice beyond the negative association of social desirability with such prejudice. By contrast, social dominance orientation was not related uniquely to anti-transgender prejudice. Additional analyses indicated that women's mean level of anti-transgender prejudice was lower than that of men's, but the pattern of relations between the predictor variables and anti-transgender prejudice did not differ between women and men. A confirmatory factor analysis also supported the unidimensional structure of anti-transgender prejudice as operationalized by Nagoshi et al.'s (2008) Transphobia Scale. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Desirability, Females, Structural Equation Models, Sex Role, Predictor Variables, Factor Analysis, Males, Student Attitudes, Bias, Correlation, Homosexuality, Counseling Psychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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