RT Article
T1 Being a Good Neighbor: Can Students Come to Value Homosexual Persons?
JF Journal of psychology and theology
VO 33
IS 1
SP 17
OP 26
A1 Bassett, Rodney L.
A1 van Nikkelen-Kuyper, Marike
A1 Johnson, Deanna
A1 Miller, Ashley
A1 Carter, Anna
A1 Grimm, Julia P.
A2 van Nikkelen-Kuyper, Marike
A2 Johnson, Deanna
A2 Miller, Ashley
A2 Carter, Anna
A2 Grimm, Julia P.
LA English
YR 2005
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/180902420X
AB Attitudes toward gay/lesbian persons and behavior were initially assessed among Christian college students. Students with either uniformly positive or negative attitudes toward homosexual persons and behavior were then exposed to psychological and spiritual interventions designed to help them see more clearly the value of homosexual persons. Attitudes toward homosexual persons and behavior were then reassessed immediately after the intervention and one month later. Generally, the intervention improved attitudes toward homosexual persons. The picture for attitudes toward homosexual behavior was more complicated. With students who were uniformly rejecting, the intervention made their attitudes toward homosexual behavior less rejecting. However, with students who were uniformly accepting, the intervention diminished their acceptance of gay/lesbian behavior.
DO 10.1177/009164710503300102