Does it mean more positive or more negative? A study on central attitudes toward homosexuality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Attitudes toward homosexuality have a significant impact on the well-being of sexual minority populations. Although prior research has identified the multidimensional nature of attitudes toward homosexuality, the central components within the attitudinal structures remain underexplored. This study aimed to examine the central attitudes toward homosexuality from the perspective of both attitudinal measurement and attitudinal inference.

Methods

The current study comprises two complementary studies. By assessing 666 participants' attitudes toward homosexuality, study 1 utilized complex network analysis to identify central components within the overall attitudinal network. Study 2 adopted an attitudinal inference design to further investigate the central factors of at

SUBMITTER: Guo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12507842 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature