Abstract
The article aims to measure implicit sexual attitude in heterosexual, gay and bisexual individuals. A Many-Facet Rasch Measurement analysis was used to disentangle the contribution of specific associations to the overall IAT measure. A preference for heterosexuals relative to homosexuals is observed in heterosexual respondents, driven most by associating positive attributes with heterosexuals rather than negative attributes with homosexuals. Differently, neither the negative nor the positive evaluation of any of the target groups play a prominent role in driving the preference for homosexuals observed in gay respondents. A preference for heterosexuals relative to homosexuals is observed in bisexual respondents, that results most from ascribing negative attributes to homosexuals rather than positive attributes to heterosexuals. The results are consistent with the expression of the need for achieving a positive self-image and with the influence of shared social norms concerning sexuality.
Keywords
PsychologyPreferenceHeterosexualityHomosexualityRasch modelSocial psychologyHuman sexualitySexual orientationSexual behaviorDevelopmental psychologyGender studies
MeSH Terms
AttitudeBisexualityFemaleHeterosexualityHomosexualityFemaleHomosexualityMaleHumansMale
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- 2013
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- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- e78990-e78990
- Citations
- 26
- Access
- Closed
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Pasquale Anselmi,
Michelangelo Vianello,
Alberto Voci
et al.
(2013).
Implicit Sexual Attitude of Heterosexual, Gay and Bisexual Individuals: Disentangling the Contribution of Specific Associations to the Overall Measure.
PLoS ONE
, 8
(11)
, e78990-e78990.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078990
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0078990
- PMID
- 24260142
- PMCID
- PMC3832517