Individual Differences in Heterosexual Cisgender Students’ Responses to Brief Education about Local LGBTQ+ Safe Zones

Katz, Jennifer; Federici, Dillon J.

doi:10.1080/15546128.2018.1463881

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“…Henry et al (2022) demonstrated that religious individuals endorsing fundamentalist belief systems exhibit higher levels of heterosexism. Heterosexist attitudes using Walls's (2008) multidimensional construct have been widely used in educational and academic settings (Clarke, 2019;Gredig & Bartelsen-Raemy, 2021;Katz & Federici, 2018;López-Sáez et al, 2020). Lastly, the multidimensional nature of heterosexism according to Stones and Glazzard (2019) has been addressed along with the minority stress theory proposed by Ilan Meyer (2003) and, more generally, in its relationship with anti-LGB microaggressions (Nadal et al, 2016;Platt & Lenzen, 2013;Spengler et al, 2016;Vishwanathan, 2022).…”

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Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy: The Italian Validation of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory

Bochicchio,

Mezzalira,

Walls

et al. 2024

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Introduction People who belong to a sexual and gender minority often face prejudices that have their roots in heterosexism, a sociocultural system that can manifest itself in different ways and sometimes in a seemingly benevolent fashion. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory (MHI), a scale assessing aversive, amnestic, paternalistic, and positive stereotypic heterosexism, in an Italian sample. Methods Two hundred one cisgender and heterosexual individuals (129 women and 72 men) aged 18 to 81 years (M = 36.42, SD = 12.56) were recruited online between May and October 2022 and answered questions about social dominance orientation, right-wing authoritarianism, ambivalent sexism, and attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Results Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the original 4-factor model of the scale fit the data well. Predictive and convergent validity of the Italian version of the MHI was adequate, whereas discriminant validity was not fully achieved due to overlap of multidimensional heterosexism with hostile and benevolent sexism and authoritarianism. Scores were higher for aversive and amnesic heterosexism in men than in women, but not for paternalistic and positive stereotypic heterosexism. Finally, less educated participants, those with no LGBTQI + friends, and religious participants were higher in all MHI subscales than their counterparts. Conclusions This study provides the first evidence for the validity and reliability of an Italian version of the MHI. Policy Implications Using the MHI can help to make visible not only the explicit but also the subtle forms of heterosexism, thus recognizing the multidimensional nature of heterosexism produced in social institutions.

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Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy: The Italian Validation of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory

Bochicchio,

Mezzalira,

Walls

et al. 2024

Sex Res Soc Policy

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The Effectiveness of Didactic and Perspective-Taking Interventions on Reducing Multiple Dimensions of Heterosexism

DeBerry¹

2022

Journal of Homosexuality

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It’s not all rainbows and unicorns: Straight teacher allies reflect on privilege

Potvin

2020

Journal of LGBT Youth

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Individual Differences in Heterosexual Cisgender Students’ Responses to Brief Education about Local LGBTQ+ Safe Zones

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy: The Italian Validation of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory

Affective and Attitudinal Features of Benevolent Heterosexism in Italy: The Italian Validation of the Multidimensional Heterosexism Inventory

The Effectiveness of Didactic and Perspective-Taking Interventions on Reducing Multiple Dimensions of Heterosexism

It’s not all rainbows and unicorns: Straight teacher allies reflect on privilege

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