Department of Family Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0054, USA.
J Homosex. 2012;59(1):4-17. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2012.638547.
Undergraduate students (N = 417) at a large southern university responded to open-ended questions designed to assess self-perceived origins of attitudes toward homosexuality and circumstances that may prompt a shift in attitudes. Inductively coded responses pointed to a positive correlation between attitudes toward homosexuality and experience interacting with gay men or lesbians; this is discussed in the context of Allport's (1954 ) contact hypothesis and Herek's (1984 , 1986 ) theory of functional attitudes. Implications are discussed for education and intervention efforts aimed at facilitating understanding and tolerance of gay men and lesbians.
在一所位于美国南部的大型大学里，有 417 名本科生对旨在评估他们对同性恋的态度的起源以及可能促使他们改变态度的环境的开放性问题做出了回应。通过归纳编码的方法对这些回应进行分析后表明，他们对同性恋的态度与他们与男同性恋者或女同性恋者互动的经历之间存在正相关关系。这一发现与奥尔特（Allport，1954）的接触假说和赫雷克（Herek，1984、1986）的功能态度理论相吻合。本研究还讨论了这一发现对旨在促进对男同性恋者和女同性恋者的理解和包容的教育和干预工作的意义。
