Religiosity and spirituality: Psychological gender essentialism as a mediator for transnegative prejudice

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dc.contributor.advisorPinkham, Ashley
dc.creatorBussey, Stephen Lee
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-9121-7712
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27T19:04:13Z
dc.date.available2021-05-27T19:04:13Z
dc.date.created2021-05
dc.date.issued2021-04-30
dc.date.submittedMay 2021
dc.date.updated2021-05-27T19:04:14Z
dc.description.abstractIn recent years there has been increasing interest of issues regarding transgender individuals and transgender rights. The transgender community has often been faced with misunderstanding and individuals within it have been victims of prejudice. The current research seeks to examine attitudes towards transgender individuals in the context of religion and gender essentialism. Specifically, it seeks to discover what types of religiosity and spirituality are most related to transnegativity, and whether gender essentialism partially mediates this relationship. To investigate this, survey data was collected from undergraduate students (n = 166) measuring multidimensional spirituality, gender essentialism, and attitudes towards transgender individuals, and the data was analyzed using four mediation models. Results indicated that multidimensional spirituality was significantly predictive of transnegative attitudes, with gender essentialism mediating this relationship. These findings have important implications for understanding spirituality, gender essentialism, and prejudice. Most importantly, these findings indicate areas where prejudice could be mitigated.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11310/2770
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectTransnegativity
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectSpirituality
dc.subjectEssentialism
dc.titleReligiosity and spirituality: Psychological gender essentialism as a mediator for transnegative prejudice
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology, Sociology & Social Work
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorWest Texas A&M University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameM. A.

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