Furnham A, Taylor L
Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 1990 Jun;29 ( Pt 2):135-47. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1990.tb00894.x.
This study set out to investigate the determinants, structure and relationship between lay people's beliefs about the aetiology (causes) of homosexuality, the attitudes to the behaviours of practising homosexuals and efficacy of 'cures' for homosexuality. Over two hundred and fifty subjects completed a three-part questionnaire, in which they specified their sexual orientation, personal contact patterns with homosexuals amongst other personal details. A factor analysis was performed on each of the three parts of the questionnaire and an interpretable factor structure emerged which suggested that lay people have an integrated 'theory' or schema concerning homosexuality. Lay theories concerning the aetiology, behaviours of, and 'cures' for homosexuality were moderately related to demographic variables such as sex, age and education, but strongly related to sexual orientation and contact with homosexuals. These results are discussed in terms of the literature on lay theories in general, and attitudes to homosexuals in particular.
本研究旨在调查普通大众对同性恋病因（成因）的看法、对同性恋行为的态度以及同性恋“治疗方法”的效果之间的决定因素、结构和关系。两百五十多名受试者完成了一份由三部分组成的问卷，其中他们明确了自己的性取向、与同性恋者的个人接触模式以及其他个人细节。对问卷的三个部分分别进行了因子分析，得出了一个可解释的因子结构，这表明普通大众对同性恋有一个综合的“理论”或模式。关于同性恋病因、行为及“治疗方法”的大众理论与性别、年龄和教育程度等人口统计学变量有适度关联，但与性取向及与同性恋者的接触密切相关。本文将结合关于大众理论的一般文献，特别是对同性恋者的态度来讨论这些结果。
