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Impact of a homonegativity awareness workshop on attitudes toward homosexuality
1Department of Psychology and Sexuality, St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. bjrye@waterloo.ca
Abstract:
The current study evaluated the effects of a homonegativity awareness workshop on attitudes toward homosexuality and examined individual difference variables associated with attitude change. Participants included 71 female and 43 male students (approximate mean age = 23). Compared to a control group of introductory psychology students, participants were less homonegative and erotophobic (F(1, 359) = 62.47 and 15.92, ps < .001) after the workshop. Implications for contact with gay and lesbian persons through structured intervention programs on attitudes toward homosexuality are discussed in terms of both the practice and theory of reducing prejudice and discrimination.
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