Personality variables in males as they relate to differences in sexual orientation

This study investigated personality variable differences among men of different sexual orientations. One hundred-fourteen males completed a demographic sheet, the Sexual Screening Questionnaire (SSQ), the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, and the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS). The SSQ screened subjects into one of three categories: heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual. It was hypothesized that, based on TAIS scores, bisexuals would describe themselves as being more attentionally unfocused and more anxious, and as having lower self-esteem than the other two groups. One-way analyses of the variance (ANOVA) of these hypotheses failed to produce significant results. A post-hoc multiple discriminant function analysis revealed that the heterosexual group was significantly more competitive both physically and interpersonally, and that the bisexual group displayed significant difficulty focusing their attention in a disciplined way.