Development of a Scale of Prejudice toward Bisexual and Transgender Individuals on the Basis of Ambiguity Intolerance. Issue 1 (11th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arcieri, Amanda A.; DeLucia, Lacey Rose
• Is Part Of: Journal of bisexuality. Volume 22:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 29
• Publication Date: 2022-05-11
• Subjects: Bisexuality -- transgender -- prejudice -- ambiguity intolerance -- scale development; Bisexuality -- Periodicals; 306.765
• DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2044959
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1529-9716

Abstract

Abstract: Prejudice toward bisexual and transgender individuals is motivated in part by unique (yet similar) negative stereotypes and cognitive rigidity (Huffaker & Kwon, 2016 ). The current research aimed to create a scale to measure bisexual and transgender prejudice on the basis of two aspects of cognitive rigidity—ambiguity intolerance and essentialist beliefs. In Study 1, scale items were generated from open-ended responses. Study two quantitively tested these items with exploratory factor analyses. In Study 3, we cross-validated our new scale with existing scales of bisexual and transgender prejudice. In Study 4, we cross-validated our scale with a measure of intolerance of ambiguity and a measure of essentialist beliefs. Future research will benefit by developing prejudice reduction strategies that specifically target those who have higher ambiguity intolerance and essentialist beliefs about bisexual and transgender individuals.