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Showing 1 to 20 of 389 for “"Sexual Orientation"”.
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Mental rotation and sexual orientation
… are well documented but the relationship between sexual orientation and mental rotation is uncertain. This study investigates the relationship between gender, sexual orientation and scores of 584 university students on the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test. A 2 x 2 ANOVA reveals a main effect for …
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Disclosure in maternity care contexts: the paradigm case of sexual orientation: the paradigm case of sexual orientation
… in maternity care contexts using the example of sexual orientation. There is a significant body of literature within psychology and sociology relating to the health and social purposes and consequences of disclosure. There is a further body of outcomes-focused evidence relating to disclosure of …
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Clinical decision-making and client sexual orientation
Asexual clients anticipate negative interactions in therapy and fear being pathologized by their therapists (Flanagan & Peters, 2020; Foster & Scherrer, 2014); however, there is a dearth of information regarding the decisions therapists are making when working with asexual clients and how these …
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Sexual Orientation, Attachment, and Adult Relationship Quality
<p>Comparisons were made between 55 heterosexual males, 49 heterosexual females, 56 homosexual males, and 35 homosexual females on measures of attachment, relationship satisfaction and relationship success. Results indicated that adult homosexuals experience greater difficulty than adult …
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LGB Sexual Orientation and Perceived Parental Acceptance
… parental acceptance for a lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) person's sexual orientation correlated with well-being and/or moderated the relationship between the LGB person's levels of self-acceptance and well-being. The following dissertation outlines the negative mental health and well-being …
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Sexual Orientation: A Peripheral Cue in Advertising?
… message-processing research dealing with heterosexual responses to gay-themed advertising, this thesis examines how sexual orientation of model couples featured in magazine advertisements affects heterosexual viewers' responses using the elaboration-likelihood model as a guiding framework. A …
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Adolescent sexual orientation and parent-child relationship quality
<p>The literature on gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) young people commonly assumes that GLB adolescents have difficult relationships with their parents, due to their parents' difficulty accepting their sexual orientation. However, research tends to show that the family experiences of GLB …
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Sexual orientation and bullying: how experience affects perception
… are bullied for many different reasons including sexual orientation (actual or perceived), social group or status, and ethnicity. All individuals perceive HIB differently and it is important to notice these differences. This study proposes a difference in perception among those who have been …
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Reconciliation of Religious Beliefs and Minority Sexual Orientation
… between their religious beliefs and their sexual orientation. Christian faith traditions have commonly rejected minority sexual orientations as sinful, while modem social science has identified these sexual orientations as a normal part of the variety of human experience. This study …
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Examining Differences in Stress Symptoms Based on Sexual Orientation
… stress symptoms in relation to self-identified sexual orientation and identity-related constructs among gays and lesbians. Multiple identity constructs have played a significant role in determining anxiety levels in ethnic minorities but have not been examined among gays and lesbians. Secondary …
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The Discordant Development of Sexual Orientation in Identical Twins
… how genetically identical twins with discordant sexual orientations differed in correlates of their sexual orientation in order to understand to what degree non-genetic factors affect the formation of sexual orientation. Because identical twins share 100% of their genes, factors other than …
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A meta analysis of sexual orientation and clinical decision making
… of biased attitudes towards lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals, there is minimal empirical support displaying biased judgments. In this meta-analysis, 39 clinical judgment studies were analyzed regarding the extent to which client sexual orientation impacted judgment accuracy and judgment …
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Family Conversations About Sexual Orientation: Interviews with Heterosexually Married Parents
… are faced with increasing information regarding sexual orientation. As lesbians and gay men become more visible as parents, partners, and members of families, it is likely that any given person will know a lesbian, gay, or bisexual family member, co-worker, or friend. Understanding diversity in …
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Sexual Orientation In The Workplace: Examining Human Resources Conceptions Of Diversity
This study sought to determine the differences in corporate practices of Cox's three organizational types in addressing the issue of diversity in the workplace and to compare the outcomes each has experienced as a result of their diversity efforts. Ten Human Resource professionals representing a …
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An exploratory analysis of gender, sexual orientation and mental health outcomes
… been reported among gay, lesbian (GLB) and bisexual populations compared to their heterosexual counterparts. This study attempted to build on previous research and explore multiple risk and protective factors associated with mental health outcomes (depressive and anxiety symptoms) within the …
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