title: The role of cognitive and situational variables in aggression toward homosexuals.
abstract: The relationship of several antecedents of aggression toward homosexuals was investigated. Attitudes toward homosexuality, perceived similarity to the target homosexual, and type of prior contact with the target homosexual were found to interact in influencing such aggressiveness. The implication of these findings to the "personal threat" and "scapegoating" hypotheses of aggression toward homosexuals is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D001290:Attitude; D003071:Cognition; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012539:Scapegoating