Ferguson K D, Finkler D C
Arch Sex Behav. 1978 May;7(3):211-27. doi: 10.1007/BF01542380.
The relationships among anxiety, degree of overtness in homosexuality, involvement in homosexuality, and occupational status were investigated to test prevalent hypotheses relating homosexuality and neuroticism. Sixty-three acknowledged lesbians completed the Manifest Anxiety and Defensiveness Scale (MAD), the Lesbian Degree of Involvement and Overtness Scales (DIOS), and a biographical data sheet. Reliability and validity indices for the DIOS are presented. Some findings were that anxiety was not related to degree of involvement in homosexuality, that anxiety was related to degree of overtness in low- but not in high-status lesbians, and that the social Zeitgeist at the time of first lesbian activity was related to degree of overtness but not to degree of involvement in homosexuality. The results are discussed in terms of the relationship between social desirability and a hostile society. Additionally, comparisons of anxiety levels in homosexual and heterosexual women are presented and discussed. The results are interpreted as lending support to the emerging view of the homosexual as nonneurotic.
为了检验有关同性恋与神经质的流行假设，对焦虑、同性恋的公开程度、参与同性恋的程度以及职业地位之间的关系进行了调查。六十三名承认自己是女同性恋的人完成了显性焦虑与防御量表（MAD）、女同性恋参与程度与公开程度量表（DIOS）以及一份个人资料表。文中呈现了DIOS的信度和效度指标。一些研究结果表明，焦虑与参与同性恋的程度无关；焦虑与低地位女同性恋者的公开程度有关，但与高地位女同性恋者的公开程度无关；首次出现女同性恋行为时的社会思潮与公开程度有关，但与参与同性恋的程度无关。从社会期望与敌对社会之间的关系角度对结果进行了讨论。此外，还对同性恋女性和异性恋女性的焦虑水平进行了比较和讨论。这些结果被解释为支持将同性恋者视为非神经质的新观点。
