Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation

Even though prejudice toward male homosexuality is one of the main reasons for discrimination in Argentina, there is no valid measure to assess it. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Attitudes Toward Gay Men Scale (ATG) and to examine the influence of sex, right...

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Autores principales:	Edgardo Etchezahar, Joaquín Ungaretti, Vicente Prado Gascó, Silvina Brusino
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2016
Materias:	Homosexuality prejudice sex authoritarianism dominance Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:76979b787581429c90072ccc76ee50f22021-11-25T02:21:55ZPsychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation10.21500/20112084.20972011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/76979b787581429c90072ccc76ee50f22016-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/2097https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922Even though prejudice toward male homosexuality is one of the main reasons for discrimination in Argentina, there is no valid measure to assess it. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Attitudes Toward Gay Men Scale (ATG) and to examine the influence of sex, right wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation on anti-gay attitudes. Data were collected with a convenience sample of 436 undergraduate students from University of Buenos Aires. Analysis of the data showed adequate psychometric properties for the ATG Scale and the moderating effect of sex, right wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation on anti-gay attitudes. Implications of these findings were discussed.Edgardo EtchezaharJoaquín UngarettiVicente Prado GascóSilvina BrusinoUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleHomosexualityprejudicesexauthoritarianismdominancePsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Homosexuality prejudice sex authoritarianism dominance Psychology BF1-990 Edgardo Etchezahar Joaquín Ungaretti Vicente Prado Gascó Silvina Brusino Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
description	Even though prejudice toward male homosexuality is one of the main reasons for discrimination in Argentina, there is no valid measure to assess it. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Attitudes Toward Gay Men Scale (ATG) and to examine the influence of sex, right wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation on anti-gay attitudes. Data were collected with a convenience sample of 436 undergraduate students from University of Buenos Aires. Analysis of the data showed adequate psychometric properties for the ATG Scale and the moderating effect of sex, right wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation on anti-gay attitudes. Implications of these findings were discussed.
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author	Edgardo Etchezahar Joaquín Ungaretti Vicente Prado Gascó Silvina Brusino
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title	Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
title_short	Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
title_full	Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
title_fullStr	Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
title_full_unstemmed	Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
title_sort	psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation
publisher	Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate	2016
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Psychometric properties of the attitudes toward gay men scale in Argentinian context: the influence of sex, authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation

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