College students show only mild general support for homosexual rights
Evidence
The 269 students from the two classes, who answered their booklets in the secret-number situation, showed mild support of homosexuals, averaging 54.8 on a scale that could go from 8 to 72, with 40 being neutral. On the average, the eight items intercorrelated .32, giving an alpha of .79. RWA scores correlated . with degree of hostility shown toward homosexuals. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3244
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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- RWA scores predict anti-gay hostility better than other personality variables (similarity 0.84)
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- Authoritarian and nonauthoritarian students differ in sexual behavior (similarity 0.82)
- Attitudes toward homosexuals correlate strongly with right-wing authoritarianism across different regions (similarity 0.81)
- High authoritarians shift their attitudes toward group averages even on charged issues like homosexuality. (similarity 0.81)
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- Right-wing authoritarianism predicts willingness to persecute outgroups across multiple samples (similarity 0.79)
- Belief in biological causes greatly reduces blame of homosexuals except among authoritarians (similarity 0.78)
- University students shifted toward homophobia after reading flimsy propaganda arguments (similarity 0.78)
- Hate literature propaganda shifts even low-right-wing university students’ attitudes. (similarity 0.78)