概括
区域性反女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 偏见与生活在美国各县的同性伴侣数量减少有关. 这项研究强调了区域偏见如何影响LGBTQ+社区居住和系统不平等.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 地区的明确和隐含偏见导致歧视和边缘化.
- 了解这些偏见对于解决性少数群体面临的系统不平等至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有广泛研究区域偏见与同性伴侣的居住模式之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查区域明确和隐含的反女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 偏见与美国各县同性伴侣居住之间的联系.
- 为了确定区域偏见是否预测同性伴侣的居住,而不依赖于其他人口因素.
- 探索区域偏见的构造,作为反映一个地区的文化气候.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自Project Implicit和公开可用的2,939个美国县的数据.
- 使用与系统性反LGB偏见相关的措施来评估区域隐性和显式偏见.
- 进行统计分析,以检查偏见措施与同性伴侣居住率之间的关系,控制其他变量.
主要成果:
- 对系统性反LGB偏见的测量显示了与区域隐性和显式反LGB偏见的关联.
- 显式和隐式反LGB偏见较高的县里,居住的同性伴侣较少.
- 即使考虑到影响居住的其他因素,这种关联仍然很重要.
结论:
- 区域隐性和显式偏见措施捕捉了与一个地区的偏见文化相关的类似构造.
- 较高的区域反LGB偏见与较低的同性伴侣居住率有关,这表明偏见影响社区分布.
- 调查结果强调了背景因素在加强LGBTQ+社区的系统不平等方面的重要性.
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