How would you react? : exploring heterosexual women's reactions to confrontations of their own homonegative behaviour
| dc.contributor.advisor | Morrison, Melanie A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Wormith, J. Stephen | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kowalski, Kent | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cochrane, Donald B. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Rogers, Edwin Joseph Russell | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-10-30T10:13:54Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T05:07:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-11-05T08:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T05:07:27Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | To date, little research has explored the utility of inter-personal confrontation as a strategy for the reduction of homonegative attitudes and/or behaviours among heterosexual women. Consequently, the purpose of the current study was to explore three unique aspects of such confrontations among a sample of heterosexual women from the University of Saskatchewan. These three aspects were: 1) to what extent do high- and low-prejudiced women’s reactions to confrontations of subtle homonegative behaviour differ; 2) what differences exist in the way that heterosexual women respond to bias directed towards gay men than to bias directed towards lesbian women; 3) what effect does the vested interest of a confronter have on heterosexual women’s reaction to confrontations of homonegative behaviour. A 2(target condition) X 2(modern homonegativity endorsement) X 4(confronter type) between-subjects design was used wherein 286 female volunteers completed a questionnaire booklet developed for the project. The questionnaire booklet asked participants to first imagine themselves in a scenario where they would be confronted for engaging in subtle homonegative behaviour and to then indicated how they would think, feel, and behave in response to such a confrontation. The results indicated that low-prejudice participants reacted with greater negative-self directed affect (e.g., guilt) and compunction (e.g., apologize for behaviour) than high-prejudice participants when confronted by either a gay man or lesbian woman. Such reactions are important as they mark the initiation of a self-regulatory cycle that allows the individual to avoid such biased behaviour in the future. Limitations of the study and directions for future research concerning inter-personal confrontations of homonegativity are also presented. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10302008-101354 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | interpersonal confrontation | en_US |
| dc.subject | homonegativity | en_US |
| dc.subject | confrontation | en_US |
| dc.subject | heterosexual women | en_US |
| dc.subject | lesbian women | en_US |
| dc.subject | gay men | en_US |
| dc.subject | interventions | en_US |
| dc.subject | discrimination | en_US |
| dc.subject | prejudice | en_US |
| dc.title | How would you react? : exploring heterosexual women's reactions to confrontations of their own homonegative behaviour | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Psychology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |