Perceived Social Norms and Acceptance of Transgender Students in Gendered Restrooms

Autor/inn/en	Monheim, Chelsea L.; Ratcliff, Jennifer J.
Titel	Perceived Social Norms and Acceptance of Transgender Students in Gendered Restrooms
Quelle	In: Journal of LGBT Youth, 20 (2023) 2, S.353-369 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Monheim, Chelsea L.) ORCID (Ratcliff, Jennifer J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1936-1653
DOI	10.1080/19361653.2021.1928583
Schlagwörter	LGBTQ People; Sexual Identity; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; College Students; Sanitary Facilities; Student Attitudes; Social Bias; Consciousness Raising; Attitude Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Collegestudent; Sanitäre Einrichtung; Schülerverhalten; Bewusstseinsbildung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	Transgender college students report higher rates of discrimination in gendered restrooms than do their cisgender peers. It is critical to understand factors that promote greater acceptance of transgender students using restrooms that align with their gender identity. The current experiment examined the impact of perceived social norms on both acceptance of transgender individuals using various locations and transphobia. Participants were 133 cisgender college students recruited on a college campus that had recently added all-gender restrooms to all campus buildings. Participants completed a prescreening measure of transphobia. During the experimental session, participants read results from a fictional study in which the social norm of their college campus was described as either in favor of (supportive norm) or against (unsupportive norm) the installation of all-gender restrooms on campus. Then participants completed measures of acceptance of transgender individuals in various spaces and transphobia. Supporting the primary hypothesis, relative to those in the unsupportive norm condition, participants in the supportive social norm condition were more accepting of transgender individuals using restrooms that aligned with their gender identity. However, the norm manipulation did not impact personal levels of transphobia between prescreen and post experimental manipulation. Implications and future directions will be discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01