SPORTS IDEOLOGY, ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN, AND ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL ATTITUDES

Authors
HARRY J
Citation
J. Harry, SPORTS IDEOLOGY, ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN, AND ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL ATTITUDES, Sex roles, 32(1-2), 1995, pp. 109-116
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social","Women s Studies
Journal title
Sex roles → ACNP
ISSN journal
03600025
Volume
32
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
109 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-0025(1995)32:1-2<109:SIATWA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The present work tests the associations of sports ideology with sexist and anti-homosexual attitudes in a sample of 304 college students. It was found that sports ideology is positively associated with sexist a nd anti-homosexual attitudes, but only among males. Among females only sexist attitudes were associated with negative attitudes toward gays and lesbians. Among males, the link of sports ideology to anti-homosex ual attitudes was independent of sexist beliefs. Reciprocal causal inf luences between sexist attitudes and sports ideology are discussed.