The Effect of Psychoeducation on Attitudes Toward Bisexuality

Perez-Figueroa, Adlyn M.; Alhassoon, Omar M.; Wang-Jones, Tiffani “Tie” S.

doi:10.1080/15299716.2013.813420

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“…It is possible that some aspects of the prejudice towards bisexuals do not stem from bigotry, but rather from ignorance and inaccurate assumptions regarding bisexuality. If that is the case, educating individuals about bisexuality might have immediate beneficial outcomes (Bronson, 2006;Perez-Figueroa et al, 2013), as the behavior of informed individuals is less likely to be guided by uninhibited stereotypes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These motivations should not drive the maintenance of deduced stereotypes, which are essentially misconceptions based on inaccurate assumptions. This prediction receives indirect support from studies regarding prejudice-reducing interventions: prejudice towards bisexuals can be reduced by reading a brief informative excerpt regarding bisexuality, but not by reading non-informative personal stories of bisexuals (Bronson, 2006;Perez-Figueroa, Alhassoon & Wang-Jones, 2013). In contrast, empathy-inducing interventions were more effective in reducing prejudice towards gay men than educative interventions (see Bartos, Berger & Hegarty, 2014, for review).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Stereotype Deduction About Bisexual Women

Zivony

Saguy

2018

The Journal of Sex Research

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Bisexuals are an invisible sexual minority. However, at the same time, bisexuals are stereotypically associated with confusion and promiscuity. Stereotype learning theories suggest that individuals who are unfamiliar with a social group are less likely to have stereotypical beliefs about its members. In contrast, it has been recently hypothesized that stereotypes about bisexuality are not necessarily learned but rather deduced based on common conceptualizations of sexuality. Because stereotypes are suppressed only if they are recognized as offensive, lack of knowledge regarding bisexual stereotypes should actually enhance their adoption. To assess the strength of the two competing accounts, we examined the relationship between explicit knowledge of bisexual stereotypes and stereotypical evaluation of bisexual individuals. Heterosexual participants (N = 261) read a description of two characters on a date and evaluated one of them. Bisexual women were evaluated as more confused and promiscuous relative to nonbisexual women. Moreover, the stereotypical evaluations of bisexual women were inversely related to knowledge about these stereotypes. The findings support the notion that bisexual stereotypes are not learned but rather deduced from shared assumptions about sexuality. Consequently, public invisibility not only exists alongside bisexual stereotypes but might also exacerbate their uninhibited adoption.

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Stereotype Deduction About Bisexual Women

Zivony

Saguy

2018

The Journal of Sex Research

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“…In terms of intervention development, learning more about what it means to be a sexual minority was relevant to youth in our study as they developed a positive self-identity. Although some evidence has suggested the utility of psycho-education among heterosexual youth (Perez-Figueroa, Alhassoon, & Wang-Jones, 2013) and parents of LGBT adolescents (Troutman & Evans, 2014), approaches to educate and build resilience for SMA remain relatively sparse. One school-based program to build resilience in SMA, Affirmative Supportive Safe and Empowering Talk (ASSET; Craig, 2013), has shown promise in early open trials (Craig, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Strategies employed by sexual minority adolescents to cope with minority stress.

Goldbach

Gibbs

2015

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Sexual minority adolescents (SMA) experience disparities in health and behavioral health outcomes, including high rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, substance use, HIV risk behavior, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts. These outcomes are commonly attributed to minority stress. Stress experiences are different for SMA than their adult counterparts. For example, disclosing their sexual orientation may be more likely to result in homelessness because these youth more often live with parents or other family members. Although stress in this population has been explored in previous research, very little is known about how SMA cope. Relying upon an adolescent coping model, this study examined the coping strategies, responses, and resources of SMA related to stress. Forty-eight racially and ethnically diverse SMA (age 14–19) were recruited for 90-minute tape-recorded interviews. The semi-structured interviews were guided by a life history calendar. Recordings were transcribed verbatim and entered into QSR NVivo. All transcripts were coded by two members of the research team and went through a consensus process. Forty-three unique coping statements emerged that fit with the Compas model of adolescent coping. SMA cope with minority stress in similar ways to heterosexual youth coping with general stress, but findings suggest that SMA may also use different kinds of coping resources. Although further research is needed, the present study identified a variety of ways SMA cope with stress and can inform future research on the development interventions.

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“…Therefore, efforts to reduce biphobia may be most impactful when geared toward the heterosexual population. While psychoeducational interventions exist for reducing homophobia (Tucker, 2006), only one has been tested to reduce biphobia (Perez-Figueroa, Alhassoon, & Wang-Jones, 2013). In this study, the authors found that conveying factual information about bisexuality increased participants' beliefs in the stability of bisexuality as a sexual orientation.…”

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confidence: 76%

Attitudes Toward Bisexuality According to Sexual Orientation and Gender

Hertlein

Hartwell

Munns

2016

Journal of Bisexuality

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Despite increasing support for lesbian and gay individuals, the same degree of tolerance has not extended to bisexual individuals, and bisexual invisibility and biphobia are continuing problems that affect the mental health and well-being of bisexual people. There is evidence that attitudes toward bisexual people may vary by one's own sexual orientation or gender. In the present study, we examined differences in attitudes toward bisexual people by sexual orientation and gender.We also asked bisexual participants to describe their experiences of being stigmatized. This study found significant effects for sexual orientation but not for gender; specifically, heterosexual participants reported significantly more biphobia and negative bisexual attitudes than gay, lesbian, or bisexual participants. Further, bisexual participants reported feeling most stigmatized by heterosexual individuals. The results of this study indicate that attitudes toward bisexuality differ by sexual orientation but not by gender. The authors suggest implications for the mental health and well-being of bisexual people as well as possible interventions.

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The Effect of Psychoeducation on Attitudes Toward Bisexuality

Cited by 8 publications

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Stereotype Deduction About Bisexual Women

Stereotype Deduction About Bisexual Women

Strategies employed by sexual minority adolescents to cope with minority stress.

Attitudes Toward Bisexuality According to Sexual Orientation and Gender

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