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Title
Community interconnectedness and anti-gay behavior: a test of the lay disease-spread model of homosexuality
Description
Negative behaviors targeting gay men and lesbians range from violent physical assault to avoiding social or physical contact, with very different implications for those targeted. However, existing theoretical accounts of sexual prejudices are unable to differentially predict these various behaviors, leaving a large theoretical hole in the literature and hindering the design of effective interventions. I propose (a) that homosexuality and pro-gay ideology are conceptualized by many lay persons as contaminants analogous to infectious diseases and (b) that anti-gay behaviors can thus be viewed as strategic attempts to prevent, contain, treat, or eradicate the "pathogens" of homosexuality and pro-gay ideology. In three preliminary studies I demonstrate that sexually prejudiced individuals do view homosexuality and pro-gay ideology as contagious, and that sexually prejudiced people report being more likely to engage in aggressive (versus avoidant) anti-gay behavior in conditions that predict an aggressive pathogen-combating response – highly interconnected social networks. The current study explores the effect of a social network manipulation on actual behavioral responses to a gay (versus straight) interaction partner. In this study I show that sexually prejudiced participants engage in more aggression towards a gay partner compared to a straight partner under a highly interconnected network manipulation.
Date Created
2015
Contributors
- Filip-Crawford, Gabrielle (Author)
- Neuberg, Steven L. (Thesis advisor)
- Kwan, Virginia S.Y. (Committee member)
- Adelman, Madelaine (Committee member)
- Becker, D. Vaughn (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
ix,121 pages : illustrations
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.29839
Statement of Responsibility
by Gabrielle Filip-Crawford
Description Source
Viewed on Oct. 16, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2015
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-76)
Field of study: Psychology
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- 2021-08-30 01:29:20
- 3 years 2 months ago
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