Attachment Style, Openness to Experience, and Social Contact as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
| Autor: | Selin Metin-Camgöz, Irem Metin-Orta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Social Psychology Social contact Adolescent Turkey media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Education Gender Studies 03 medical and health sciences Sexual and Gender Minorities Young Adult Openness to experience Attachment theory Personality Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Interpersonal Relations Homosexuality General Psychology media_common 030505 public health 05 social sciences General Medicine Middle Aged Object Attachment Affect Attitude Related research Trait Female Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Homophobia 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of homosexuality. 67(4) |
| ISSN: | 1540-3602 |
| Popis: | Considerable research has shown that people generally hold more negative attitudes toward homosexuals. Given this fact, it is important to understand psychological and social correlates of homophobia. With this purpose, the present study investigates attachment styles, openness to experience, and social contact in relation to attitudes toward homosexuals. The findings show that being female, having prior contact with homosexuals, and scoring high in openness to experience predict more favorable attitudes toward homosexuals. The supplementary analyses also support the moderating effect of secure attachment on the relationship between openness to experience and attitudes toward homosexuals. The present study not only extends the related research by examining the interactive effects of attachment style and personality trait, but also provides important implications for researchers, educators, or managers in terms of reducing anti-homosexual attitudes in diverse settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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