Location
Presentation- College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Restricted to Georgia Southern)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Brandon Weiss
Faculty Mentor Email
brandonweiss@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2021
Start Date
26-4-2021 12:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2021 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Symposium, Presentation
Description
While research on sexual orientation has increased over the past few decades, there is still a dearth of research on asexuality. Due to the little research surrounding it, many Americans are unfamiliar with the term, and many psychological practitioners in a grey area on how to treat asexual patients. Previous research indicates that between .4-1.1% of the global populace may be asexual (Bogaert, 2004;Greaves et al., 2017), but little research has been conducted to understand their demographics, unique issues, and potential problems. This research aims to further the understanding of the awareness of and attitudes toward asexuality, in general and compared to other sexual orientations and gender identities. For the proposed study, participants recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) will complete a battery of self-report measures, including the Attitudes Towards Asexuals scale (Hoffarth, Drolet, Hodson, & Hafer, 2016), Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (Herek, 1988), and Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (TABS; Kanamori et al., 2017). Attitudes will be compared by sexual orientation and gender identity.
Academic Unit
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Perceptions of Asexuality: Comparing Attitudes Toward Different Sexual Orientation Labels
Presentation- College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
While research on sexual orientation has increased over the past few decades, there is still a dearth of research on asexuality. Due to the little research surrounding it, many Americans are unfamiliar with the term, and many psychological practitioners in a grey area on how to treat asexual patients. Previous research indicates that between .4-1.1% of the global populace may be asexual (Bogaert, 2004;Greaves et al., 2017), but little research has been conducted to understand their demographics, unique issues, and potential problems. This research aims to further the understanding of the awareness of and attitudes toward asexuality, in general and compared to other sexual orientations and gender identities. For the proposed study, participants recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) will complete a battery of self-report measures, including the Attitudes Towards Asexuals scale (Hoffarth, Drolet, Hodson, & Hafer, 2016), Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (Herek, 1988), and Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (TABS; Kanamori et al., 2017). Attitudes will be compared by sexual orientation and gender identity.
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