TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluations and aggression directed at a gay male target
T2 - The role of threat and antigay prejudice
AU - Talley, Amelia E.
AU - Bettencourt, B. Ann
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - This research was designed to understand heterosexual men's interpersonal reactions toward a gay male individual and to examine how threat and pre-existing antigay prejudice impact these encounters. In one experiment, we manipulated the ostensible sexual orientation of an assigned work partner and assessed participants' perceptions of threat indirectly, using a measure of psychological distancing. Results revealed that, regardless of antigay prejudice, participants psychologically distanced more from the gay male than from the heterosexual male. In the second experiment, we manipulated threat and the sexual orientation of the work partner to examine aggressive responding toward the work partner. Participants exposed to a threat to their masculinity behaved more aggressively toward the gay work partner, regardless of their level of antigay prejudice.
AB - This research was designed to understand heterosexual men's interpersonal reactions toward a gay male individual and to examine how threat and pre-existing antigay prejudice impact these encounters. In one experiment, we manipulated the ostensible sexual orientation of an assigned work partner and assessed participants' perceptions of threat indirectly, using a measure of psychological distancing. Results revealed that, regardless of antigay prejudice, participants psychologically distanced more from the gay male than from the heterosexual male. In the second experiment, we manipulated threat and the sexual orientation of the work partner to examine aggressive responding toward the work partner. Participants exposed to a threat to their masculinity behaved more aggressively toward the gay work partner, regardless of their level of antigay prejudice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=39749110282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00321.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00321.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:39749110282
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 38
SP - 647
EP - 683
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 3
ER -