Ideological Concerns in the Operationalization of Homophobia, Part I: An Analysis of Herek'S Atlg-R Scale
Utilizing Watson's Ideological Surround Model (Watson, et al., 2003) as a backdrop, the present study examined the structural properties of Herek's (1998) Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG-R) for a sample of 155 conservative Christian students. Ideological perceptions of th...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2007
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Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 132-144 |
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| Summary: | Utilizing Watson's Ideological Surround Model (Watson, et al., 2003) as a backdrop, the present study examined the structural properties of Herek's (1998) Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG-R) for a sample of 155 conservative Christian students. Ideological perceptions of the ATLG-R items were derived from a smaller (N = 36) sample of students similar in demographic make up and religious devotion. Factor analytic and ideological surround analyses indicated that the ATLG-R was disproportionately comprised of items perceived to be antireligious, with the primary “Condemnation-Tolerance” component consisting exclusively of such items, the majority of which related directly to respondents’ beliefs about the morality and naturalness of homosexuality. Furthermore, respondents’ degree of self-identification as Christian, when factor analyzed as an additional item in the ATLG-R, loaded singularly and to a greater degree than over half of the items on the “Condemnation-Tolerance” component. Potential implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009164710703500204 |