Sex differences in how heterosexuals think about lesbians and gay men: Evidence from survey context effects
In: The Journal of sex research, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 348-360
ISSN: 1559-8519
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In: The Journal of sex research, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 348-360
ISSN: 1559-8519
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 42, Heft 7, S. 1148-1161
ISSN: 1552-3381
Research has indicated that stigmatizing AIDS attitudes are associated with negative attitudes toward gay men. Because injecting drug users (IDUs) are also stigmatized and injecting drug use is an important exposure category for HIV infection, the authors hypothesized that AIDS stigma might also be related to attitudes toward IDUs and that the proportionately higher level of HIV transmission related to injecting drug use in the African American community would produce different patterns of stigma between Blacks and Whites. National probability samples of U.S. adults were interviewed by telephone. Respondents with more negative attitudes toward IDUs held more stigmatizing AIDS attitudes. Among Blacks, such attitudes explained more variance than did attitudes toward gay men, a pattern opposite to that found among Whites. Moreover, knowing someone who injected illegal drugs was associated with less AIDS stigma for Blacks, but not for Whites. The results suggest that Blacks' and Whites' attitudes toward people with AIDS are informed by their different experiences of the AIDS epidemic.
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 42, Heft 7, S. 1130-1147
ISSN: 1552-3381
This article presents national survey data to assess the extent to which AIDS-related stigma remains linked to public attitudes toward homosexuality in the United States. Most heterosexuals continue to associate AIDS primarily with homosexuality or bisexuality, and this association is correlated with higher levels of sexual prejudice (antigay attitudes). Although all people who contract AIDS sexually are assigned blame for their infection, such blame is greater for a gay or bisexual man than for a heterosexual man or woman. A sizable minority of the public equates all male-male sexual behavior with AIDS, even sex between two HIV-negative men. A substantial portion also expresses discomfort about touching an article of clothing or drinking from a sterilized glass used by a person with AIDS (PWA). These misconceptions and discomfort are correlated with sexual prejudice. It is argued that the link between AIDS attitudes and sexual prejudice impedes HIV prevention efforts and threatens civil rights.
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 42, Heft 7, S. 1148-1161
ISSN: 0002-7642
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 42, Heft 7, S. 1130-1147
ISSN: 0002-7642
In: The Journal of sex research, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 95-105
ISSN: 1559-8519
In: The Journal of sex research, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 239-244
ISSN: 1559-8519
In: The Journal of sex research, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 99-123
ISSN: 1559-8519
In: Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Band 3
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In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 33, Heft 3, S. 446-459
ISSN: 1552-8766
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 31, Heft 2, S. 203-226
ISSN: 1552-8766
This study investigated the hypothesis that high-quality decision-making procedures during crises are associated with better crisis outcomes than are defective decision-making procedures. Presidential decision making during 19 international crises since World War II was examined for seven symptoms of defective decision making proposed by Janis and Mann (1977). Crisis outcomes were rated by outside experts in terms of their effect on U.S. vital interests and on international conflict. Results indicated that crisis outcomes tended to have more adverse effects on U.S. interests and were more likely to increase international conflict when the decision-making process was characterized by a large number of symptoms. Alternative explanations are considered and the implications of these results for improving decision makers' procedures are discussed.
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 31, Heft 2, S. 203-226
ISSN: 0022-0027, 0731-4086
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In: Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Band 7, Heft 176-200
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In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 33, Heft 3, S. 430, 446
ISSN: 0022-0027, 0731-4086
In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 347-351
ISSN: 0095-327X