Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
J Homosex. 2022 Nov 10;69(13):2209-2232. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2021.1935622. Epub 2021 Aug 9.
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidates and rights. The diversity of interpersonal contact with transgender individuals not only was positively related to the support but undermined the negative relationships between moral traditionalism and the support. More importantly, the study showed that anxiety toward transgender people mediated all the relationships observed here. These findings not only indicate how and why moral traditionalism and interpersonal contact diversity may affect public opinion toward transgender candidates and rights but also suggest ways to increase public support for transgender candidates and rights.
鉴于对跨性别者的偏见以及跨性别政治候选人所面临的挫折，我们进行了一项在线调查（通过亚马逊土耳其机器人对美国成年人进行了便利抽样调查），旨在研究公众对跨性别候选人的支持以及相关权利的影响因素，以及如何增加这种支持。研究发现，道德传统主义与对跨性别候选人的支持和权利呈负相关。与跨性别者的人际接触多样性不仅与支持呈正相关，而且破坏了道德传统主义与支持之间的负相关关系。更重要的是，研究表明，对跨性别者的焦虑感在这些关系中起中介作用。这些发现不仅表明了道德传统主义和人际接触多样性如何以及为何可能影响公众对跨性别候选人的支持和权利，还为增加公众对跨性别候选人的支持和权利提供了途径。
