Peer attitudes toward LGBT-identified university students as mediated by demographic factors

Copp, Hilary L.; Koehler, William

doi:10.1080/19359705.2017.1320697

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“…In addition to illuminating personal relationships and campus interfaith experiences as contributors to heterosexual students' appreciative attitudes toward LGB people, the results of this study extend, and in noteworthy ways, counter earlier scholarship. For example, we found that the LGB appreciative attitudes of heterosexual men were not significantly different than average, a result that differs from other studies (see Copp & Koehler, 2017). Our findings also stand in contrast to research in which members of specific religious groups viewed queer-spectrum people more negatively (e.g., Finlay & Walther, 2003;Holland et al, 2013).…”

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Interfaith Experiences and Their Relationship with Heterosexual Collegians’ Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People

Crandall

Dahl

Rockenbach

et al. 2021

Journal of Homosexuality

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For queer-spectrum students, college and university campuses are often sites of marginalization, discrimination, and/or harassment. Though such experiences are not singularly attributable to worldview, research highlights the role that religious identity plays in shaping individuals' perspectives on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. Absent from current scholarship, however, is insight into the ways in which interfaith experiences may influence those attitudes. As such, this study uses data from the Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS) to explore how formal and informal campus interfaith experiences and provocative encounters with worldview diversity relate to heterosexual students' appreciative attitudes toward LGB people. In addition to reinforcing the importance of friendships with individuals of different sexual orientations, our findings underscore the roles that campus space for support and spiritual expression, provocative encounters with worldview diversity, and interfaith behaviors play in fostering heterosexual students' appreciative attitudes toward LGB people.

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Interfaith Experiences and Their Relationship with Heterosexual Collegians’ Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People

Crandall

Dahl

Rockenbach

et al. 2021

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…Although not yet studied, it is possible that plurisexual SMY may be more accepted by classmates in college in contrast to SMY in high school or sexual minority adults. Copp and Koehler (2017) found that attitude toward sexual minority communities was positively associated with years spent at the university. Unique characteristics of peer context may also contribute to differential findings between SMY in high school and college.…”

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Predictors of Disclosing Sexual Orientation to Parents, Classmates, and School Adults among Latinx Sexual Minority High School and College Youth

2021

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The current study examined predictors associated with the degree of sexual orientation disclosure across social contexts (parents, classmates, and school adults) and educational context (high school and college) among Latinx sexual minority youth (SMY; N = 238). Results revealed that perceptions of more supportive social attitudes to sexual minority communities were associated with higher levels of sexual orientation disclosure across social contexts, including parents, classmates, and school adults. Compared to monosexual Latinx SMY, plurisexual Latinx SMY reported lower levels of sexual orientation disclosure to parents and school adults but not to classmates. Sexual orientation identity centrality was only associated with sexual orientation disclosure to parents but not to classmates or school adults. Degree of romantic attraction to the same gender was not associated with sexual orientation disclosure. Findings provide preliminary support for critical nuances in sexual orientation disclosure across social and educational contexts among Latinx SMY.

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“…Previous literature regarding attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community include a study that examined attitudes held by college students. Although no intervention was utilized, the authors identified that the participant variables of female gender, identification as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, age, and the number of years spent at a university were strong contributors to overall positive attitudes (Copp & Koehler, 2017). Two researchers examined the attitudes held by social work graduate students regarding LGBT military policy, marital equality, and LGBT discrimination (Dessel & Rodenborg, 2016).…”

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Use of a media intervention to increase positive attitudes toward transgender and gender diverse individuals

Taracuk

Koch

2021

International Journal of Transgender Health

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Peer attitudes toward LGBT-identified university students as mediated by demographic factors

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

Interfaith Experiences and Their Relationship with Heterosexual Collegians’ Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People

Interfaith Experiences and Their Relationship with Heterosexual Collegians’ Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People

Predictors of Disclosing Sexual Orientation to Parents, Classmates, and School Adults among Latinx Sexual Minority High School and College Youth

Use of a media intervention to increase positive attitudes toward transgender and gender diverse individuals

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