Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: A Correlational Study
Abstract
Attitudes towards homosexuality among 243 undergraduates at Texas A&M University were examined in this study. Measures were taken of tolerance for homosexuality, level of principled moral development, and a variety of personal interest values to discover relationships that may exist between these variables. Results indicated that females sampled were significantly more tolerant than males. No significant difference was found between males and females in level of principled moral development. Females scored significantly higher on the Religious, Aesthetic, and Social personality interest measures while males scored higher on the Theoretical, Economic, and Political measures. Aesthetic personality was found to be the strongest overall predictor for tolerance. Gender was found to be a determinant in predictive elements for tolerance. Elements predictive in females included the Aesthetic, Theoretical, and Social personality interests while level of principled moral development, Aesthetic, Religious, and Social personality interests were predictive for males.
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Program year: 1994/1995Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Citation
Davis, Shawn (1995). Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: A Correlational Study. University Undergraduate Research Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -ParkerS _1991.