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Changing Attitudes of High School Students in Israel toward Homosexuality
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Eick, Uri; Rubinstein, Tanya; Hertz, Shai; Slater, Aylon – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2016
Hoshen, the Hebrew acronym for "Education & Change", is a nonprofit, nationwide education and information center for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Israel. The main educational method Hoshen uses is the personal story told by volunteers. The present study aimed to examine whether this activity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Transcultural Self-Efficacy of Nursing Education Leaders and Faculty Related to Non-Binary Sexual Identities
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Hoyer, Grace – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore transcultural self-efficacy in nursing education administrators/faculty and to gain understanding of confidence related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) issues. The 83-item Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool (TSET) with an additional 11 LGBT questions was administered to 535 nursing education…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Nursing Education, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
Sexual Orientation and Spatial Position Effects on Selective Forms of Object Location Memory
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Rahman, Qazi; Newland, Cherie; Smyth, Beatrice Mary – Brain and Cognition, 2011
Prior research has demonstrated robust sex and sexual orientation-related differences in object location memory in humans. Here we show that this sexual variation may depend on the spatial position of target objects and the task-specific nature of the spatial array. We tested the recovery of object locations in three object arrays (object…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Memory, Homosexuality, Spatial Ability
How Does Sexual Minority Stigma "Get under the Skin"? A Psychological Mediation Framework
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Hatzenbuehler, Mark L. – Psychological Bulletin, 2009
Sexual minorities are at increased risk for multiple mental health burdens compared with heterosexuals. The field has identified 2 distinct determinants of this risk, including group-specific minority stressors and general psychological processes that are common across sexual orientations. The goal of the present article is to develop a…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Predictive Validity, Sexual Orientation, Psychopathology
Extension of the Rejection Sensitivity Construct to the Interpersonal Functioning of Gay Men
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Pachankis, John E.; Goldfried, Marvin R.; Ramrattan, Melissa E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
On the basis of recent evidence suggesting that gay men are particularly likely to fear interpersonal rejection, the authors set out to extend the "rejection sensitivity" construct to the mental health concerns of gay men. After establishing a reliable and valid measure of the gay-related rejection sensitivity construct, the authors use this to…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Rejection (Psychology), Males
Sexual Preference Biases in Counseling: An Information Processing Approach.
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Casas, J. Manuel; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1983
Used an illusory correlation paradigm to measure stereotyping by mental health professionals on the processing of information about individuals. Mental health professionals (N=34) were presented cards that identified hypothetical persons according to sex and sexual preference. Results showed stereotyping did affect the processing of information.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Congruence (Psychology), Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes