Intergroup Contact, Attitudes toward Homosexuality, and the Role of Acceptance of Gender Non-Conformity in Young Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Collier, Kate L.; Bos, Henny M. W.; Sandfort, Theo G. M.
Titel	Intergroup Contact, Attitudes toward Homosexuality, and the Role of Acceptance of Gender Non-Conformity in Young Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 4, S.899-907 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.12.010
Schlagwörter	Social Behavior; Adolescents; Homosexuality; Foreign Countries; Intergroup Relations; Peer Acceptance; Social Attitudes; Attitude Change; Gender Differences; Males; Females; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Homosexualität; Ausland; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Niederlande
Abstract	This study explored how contact with gay and lesbian persons affects adolescents' attitudes toward them, and whether this association is mediated or moderated by one's acceptance of gender non-conformity. We analyzed survey responses from 456 Dutch adolescents aged 12-15 who reported having no same-sex attractions. Data were collected in 2008 at 8 schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Preliminary analyses showed that contact with lesbian/gay persons outside of school was positively associated with attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Multilevel analyses showed that acceptance of gender non-conformity mediated rather than moderated the relationship between intergroup contact and sexual prejudice in males. The effect of intergroup contact on females' attitudes toward lesbian women was no longer significant in multilevel analyses. The findings suggest that attention to both intergroup contact and acceptance of gender non-conformity would enhance our understanding of attitudes toward homosexuality in adolescents. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10