Abstract
This cross-sectional study applied the intergroup contact theory in the context of transgender prejudice and examined the relationships between quality and quantity of contact and explicit and implicit anti-transgender prejudice. Additionally, the study assessed the possible mediating role of intergroup anxiety in the relationship between intergroup contact and anti-transgender prejudice. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the proposed relationships, controlling for gender, religiosity, and political conservatism. Data were collected from an online sample of 354 participants (males: n = 168; females: n = 186). As hypothesized, greater quantity of contact was uniquely related to less implicit anti-transgender prejudice, whereas greater quality of contact was uniquely related to less explicit and implicit anti-transgender prejudice. Intergroup anxiety mediated the relationships between quality of contact and implicit and explicit anti-transgender prejudice but did not mediate the relationship between quantity of contact and implicit anti-transgender prejudice.
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The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, Yasuko Kanamori, upon reasonable request.
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Anti-transgender prejudice refers to the extent to which a person feels discomfort with or holds biased views against individuals who deviate from conventional gender identities (Hill & Willoughby, 2005; Walch et al., 2012). We use anti-transgender prejudice rather than the commonly used transphobia to designate this construct, since transphobia can imply a more limited or focal fear.
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Kanamori, Y., Xu, Y.J., Harrell-Williams, L.M. et al. Intergroup Contact, Intergroup Anxiety, and Anti-Transgender Prejudice: An Examination Using Structural Equation Modeling. Arch Sex Behav 51, 1943–1958 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02192-5
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