Huic Aleksandra, Jelic Margareta, Kamenov Zeljka
a Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences , University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia.
J Homosex. 2018;65(12):1631-1655. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1383104. Epub 2017 Oct 16.
This study focuses on essentialist beliefs about homosexuality as determinants of discriminatory intentions against gay men and lesbian women (LG) and the readiness to engage in positive action toward them. A sample of 997 exclusively heterosexual adults participated in an online study set in Croatia, a country with high homophobia undergoing social change that threatens the higher status of the heterosexual majority. Beliefs about immutability and universality of homosexuality were associated with less intention to discriminate and more readiness to engage in positive behavior, while discreteness beliefs were inversely related to both. Furthermore, attitudes toward LGs seem to be the mechanism behind the observed links. Results suggest essentialist beliefs might be fuel for attitudes, which are in turn associated with behavioral intentions. Importantly, essentialist beliefs had both indirect (with attitudes as mediators) and direct effects on behavioral intentions speaking in favor of their robust role in explaining LG-related phenomena.
本研究聚焦于关于同性恋的本质主义信念，这些信念是针对男同性恋者和女同性恋者（LG）的歧视意图的决定因素，以及对他们采取积极行动的意愿。997名完全异性恋的成年人参与了在克罗地亚进行的一项在线研究，克罗地亚是一个恐同现象严重且正在经历社会变革的国家，这种变革威胁到异性恋多数群体的较高地位。关于同性恋的不可改变性和普遍性的信念与较少的歧视意图和更愿意采取积极行为相关，而离散性信念则与两者呈负相关。此外，对LG群体的态度似乎是观察到的这些联系背后的机制。结果表明，本质主义信念可能是态度的推动力，而态度反过来又与行为意图相关。重要的是，本质主义信念对行为意图既有间接影响（以态度为中介），也有直接影响，这表明其在解释与LG群体相关现象方面发挥着重要作用。
