Attitude toward gay and lesbian students: an investigation of resident advisors at Virginia Tech

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dc.contributor.authorSanford, Michele L.en
dc.contributor.departmentStudent Personnel Services and Counselingen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:27:19Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-17en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:27:19Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-17en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-17en
dc.description.abstractRecently, the population of gay and lesbian persons who are open about their sexuality has increased (Evans and Wall, 1991). Student attitudes toward these subpopulations are of interest to educators and administrators who are involved in directly serving students. While several national studies have been conducted to assess general attitudes toward gays and lesbians, little research is aimed at assessing student attitudes toward this population. Past research has pointed up the need for an instrument that assesses attitudes toward gay men and lesbians as two distinct groups. Herek developed an inventory to address this issue. The attitudes of Virginia Tech’s Resident Advisors toward lesbians and gay men were assessed using Herek’s (1988) Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men scale. A three-way ANOVA was used to determine the degree to which gender, academic level, and tenure of experience were associated with scores on the inventory. No significant effects were revealed from this analysis. Overall mean scores fell in the "neutral" range suggesting a lack of support for both gay and lesbian persons. The results of this study should aid educators and other administrators at Virginia Tech in better understanding the attitudes of the Resident Advisors toward gays and lesbians and to consider the implications of this assessment data.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentvii, 58 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01172009-063259en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01172009-063259/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40642en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.S264.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 31873434en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.S264en
dc.subject.lcshCollege students -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- Attitudesen
dc.subject.lcshHomosexuality -- United States -- Public opinionen
dc.subject.lcshResidence counselors -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- Attitudesen
dc.titleAttitude toward gay and lesbian students: an investigation of resident advisors at Virginia Techen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineStudent Personnel Services and Counselingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
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