Sociocultural and Individual Manifestations of Sexual Stigma: The Role of Political Ideology and Prejudice in Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities

Abstract: Understanding the complex manifestations of sexual stigma is crucial in helping to prevent discrimination toward sexual minorities. In this research, we examined the role of heterosexism within political ideology systems and the process through which these systems promote discrimination by focusing on sexual prejudice. Across four studies, we tested the predictions that more conservative political ideologies and greater levels of sexual prejudice will be associated with more negative evaluations of an applicant with a sexual stigma, and that prejudice will mediate the link between ideology and evaluation. We employed an experimental paradigm such that participants were presented nearly identical information in an intern applicant evaluation context, however, cues to sexual stigma were either present or absent. Overall, conservative ideology negatively predicted evaluation in the stigma, but not the control, condition and greater levels of sexual prejudice more strongly negatively p.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/5045

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Sociocultural and Individual Manifestations of Sexual Stigma: The Role of Political Ideology and Prejudice in Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities ; volume:6 ; number:1 ; day:11 ; month:04 ; year:2018 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 6, Heft 1 (11.04.2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Hoyt, Crystal L. ; Parry, Mitchell

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v6i1.810
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004350054960984
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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