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
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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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)
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Hoyt, Crystal L.
Parry, Mitchell
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10.5964/jspp.v6i1.810
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004350054960984
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Hoyt, Crystal L.
- Parry, Mitchell