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- Title
Social Interpersonal Relationship Attitudes Toward Cisgender and Transgender Peers Among Cisgender Heterosexual University Students in Taiwan.
- Authors
Chang, Te-Sheng; Kerdsomboon, Chakree; Haynes, Alexander MacDonald
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate cisgender heterosexual university students' social interpersonal relationship attitudes toward transgender peers, in comparison to attitudes toward cisgender peers, within the Taiwan context. Statistical analysis compared attitudinal differences based on students' gender and the gender identity of the example. Out of a return of 1071 surveys, 828 students (376 male and 452 female) indicated they were cisgender heterosexual; their responses were used for this study. The Social Interpersonal Relationship Scale, comprised of the dimensions: friendship acceptance, love recognition, and sympathy of justice, was used to measure participants' attitudes toward cisgender, transgender men, and transgender women peers. The results demonstrated that cisgender heterosexual university students' attitudes toward peers were dependent on both students' gender and the gender identity of the target. Female students reported more positive attitudes toward transgender peers than male students. Male students reported the highest acceptance score for cisgender peers and the lowest acceptance score for transgender women peers across all three dimensions. Female students' attitudes toward cisgender and transgender peers varied in each dimension of social interpersonal relationship. The implications of these findings for future studies and educational practices are discussed.
- Subjects
CISGENDER people; GENDER identity; HETEROSEXUALITY; FRIENDSHIP; SOCIAL acceptance
- Publication
Sexuality & Culture, 2023, Vol 27, Issue 5, p1757
- ISSN
1095-5143
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12119-023-10088-w