713
Views
29
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

College Students' Attitudes About Lesbians

What Difference Does 16 Years Make?

Pages 249-265 | Published online: 22 Sep 2008

References

  • Adorno , T. , Frenkel-Brunswick , A. , Levinson , D. and Sanford , R. 1950 . The authoritarian personality , New York, NY : Harper .
  • Altmeyer , B. 2001 . Changes in attitudes toward homosexuals . Journal of Homosexuality , 42 : 63 – 75 .
  • Associated Press . 2003 . Available at: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/04/22/natioRetrieved October 16, 2003 Sen. Rick Santorum's comments on homosexuality in an AP interview. Tue., April 22, 2003
  • Becker , H. 1963 . Outsiders: Studies in the sociology of deviance , Toronto, Ontario : Collier-Macmillan Canada, Ltd .
  • Byrne , D. 1966 . An introduction to personality , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, Inc .
  • Cramer , E. , Oies , T. and Black , B. 1997 . Reducing social work students' homophobia: An evaluation of teaching strategies . Arete , 21 : 36 – 49 .
  • Donnelly , J. , Donnelly , M. , Kittleson , M. J. , Fogarty , K. , Procaccino , A. T. and Duncan , D. F. 1997 . An exploration of attitudes on sexuality at a northeastern urban university . Psychological Reports , 81 : 677 – 678 .
  • Dunbar , J. , Brown , M. and Amoroso , D. 1973 . Some correlates of attitudes toward homosexuals . Journal of Social Psychology , 89 : 271 – 279 .
  • Faulkner , J. E. and DeJong , G. F. 1966 . Religiosity in 5-D: An empirical analysis . Social Forces , 45 : 246 – 255 .
  • Frankel , L. 2003 . Available at: http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRightsRetrieved May 1, 2003 ACLU of Pennsylvania Endorses Improvements to State' Civil Rights Laws April 29, 2003 Legislative Director, ACLU of Pennsylvania.
  • Glassner , B. and Owen , C. 1976 . Variation in attitudes toward homosexuality . Cornell Journal of Social Relations , 11 : 161 – 176 .
  • Haddock , G. , Zanna , M. P. and Esses , V. M. 1993 . Assessing the structure of prejudicial attitudes: The case of attitudes toward homosexuals . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 65 : 1105 – 1118 .
  • Harry , J. 1995 . Sports ideology, attitudes toward women and anti-homosexual attitudes . Sex Roles , 32 ( 1–2 ) : 109 – 116 .
  • Herek , G. M. 1988 . Heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: Correlates and gender differences . The Journal of Sex Research , 25 ( 4 ) : 451 – 477 .
  • Hinrichs , D. W. and Rosenberg , P. J. 2002 . Attitudes toward gay, lesbian and bisexual persons among heterosexual liberal arts college students . Journal of Homosexuality , 43 : 61 – 84 .
  • Kerns , J. G. and Fine , M. A. 1994 . The relation between gender and negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbians: Do gender role attitudes mediate this relation? . Sex Roles , 31 : 297 – 307 .
  • Kite , M. E. and Whitley , B. E. 1996 . Sex differences in attitudes toward homosexual persons, behavior and civil rights: A meta-analysis . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 22 : 336 – 353 .
  • Kite , M. E. and Whitley , B. E. 1998 . “ Do heterosexual women and men differ in their attitudes toward homosexuality? A conceptual and methodological analysis ” . In Stigma and sexual orientation: Understanding prejudice against lesbians, gay men and bisexuals , Edited by: Herek , G. M. 39 – 51 . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications .
  • Kyes , K B. and Tumbelaka , L. 1994 . Comparison of Indonesians and American college students' attitudes toward homosexuality . Psychological Reports , 74 : 227 – 237 .
  • Larsen , P. , Reed , M. and Hoffman , S. 1980 . Attitudes of heterosexuals toward homosexuals: A Likert-type scale and construct validity . The Journal of Sex Research , 16 : 245 – 257 .
  • MacDonald , A. P. and Games , R. 1974 . Some characteristics of those who hold positive and negative attitudes toward homosexuals . Journal of Homosexuality , 1 : 9 – 27 .
  • McCormack , A. S. 1997 . Revisiting college student knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS: 1987, 1991 and 1995 . College Student Journal , 31 : 356 – 363 .
  • Milham , J. , San Miguel , C and Kellogg , R. 1976 . A factor analytic conceptuality of attitudes toward female and male homosexuals . Journal of Homosexuality , 2 : 3 – 10 .
  • Morin , S. F. 1977 . Heterosexual bias in psychological research on lesbianism and male homosexuality . American Psychologist , 32 : 629 – 637 .
  • Newman , B. 1989 . The relative importance of gender role attitudes to male and female attitudes toward lesbians . Sex Roles , 21 : 451 – 465 .
  • Newman , B. 2002 . “ Lesbians, gays and religion: Strategies for challenging belief systems ” . In Addressing homophobia and heterosexism on college campuses , Edited by: Cramer , E. New York, NY : Haworth Press, Inc. .
  • Newman , B. , Dannenfelser , P. and Benishek , L. 2002 . Assessing beginning social work and counseling student acceptance of lesbians and gay men . Journal of Social Work Education , 38 : 273 – 288 .
  • Nyberg , K. and Alston , J. P. 1977 . Homosexual labeling by university youths . Adolescence , 12 : 541 – 546 .
  • Schellenberg , E. G. , Hirt , J. and Sears , A. 1999 . Attitudes toward homosexuals among students at a Canadian University . Sex Roles , 40 : 139 – 152 .
  • Simoni , J. M. 1996 . Pathways to prejudice: Predicting students' heterosexist attitudes with demographics, self-esteem and contact with lesbians and gay men . Journal of College Student Development , 37 : 68 – 78 .
  • Smith , K. 1971 . Homophobia: A tentative profile . Psychological Reports , 29 : 1091 – 1094 .
  • Spence , J. T. , Helmreich , R. and Stapp , J. 1973 . A short version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) . Bulletin Psychonomic Society , 2 : 2169 – 220 .
  • Stevenson , M. S. 1988 . Promoting tolerance for homosexuality: An evaluation of intervention strategies . The Journal of Sex Research , 25 : 500 – 511 .
  • van der Meide , W. 1999 . Legislating equality: A review of laws affecting gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender people in the United States , Washington, DC : Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force .
  • Watters , A. T. 1986 . Heterosexual bias in psychological research on lesbianism and male homosexuality (1979–1983), Utilizing the bibliographic and taxonomic system of Morin (1977) . Journal of Homosexuality , 13 : 35 – 59 .
  • Weinberger , L. E. and Millham , J. 1979 . Attitudinal homophobia and support of traditional sex roles . Journal of Homosexuality , 4 ( 3 ) : 237 – 247 .
  • White House Web Site . The Clinton-Gore Administration: A Record of Accomplishment: The Clinton-Gore Administration: A Record of Progress for Gay and Lesbian Americans Available at: clinton2.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/ac399.htmlRetrieved Oct. 14, 2003
  • Yang , A. 1999 . From wrongs to rights: Public opinion on gay and lesbian Americans moves toward equality , Washington, DC : Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force .
  • Zastrow , C. and Kirst-Ashman , K. 2004 . Understanding human behavior and the social environment , Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.