title: Anti-transgender prejudice: a structural equation model of associated constructs.
abstract: This study aimed to identify theoretically relevant key correlates of anti-transgender prejudice. Specifically, structural equation modeling was used to test the unique relations of anti-lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) prejudice; traditional gender role attitudes; need for closure; and social dominance orientation with anti-transgender prejudice. Social desirability was controlled as a covariate in the model. Analyses of data from 250 undergraduate students indicated that anti-LGB prejudice, traditional gender role attitudes, and need for closure each had positive unique relations with anti-transgender prejudice beyond the negative association of social desirability with such prejudice. By contrast, social dominance orientation was not related uniquely to anti-transgender prejudice. Additional analyses indicated that women's mean level of anti-transgender prejudice was lower than that of men's, but the pattern of relations between the predictor variables and anti-transgender prejudice did not differ between women and men. A confirmatory factor analysis also supported the unidimensional structure of anti-transgender prejudice as operationalized by Nagoshi et al.'s (2008) Transphobia Scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Esther N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Tebbe
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moradi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors; D012928:Social Desirability; D012930:Social Dominance; D014189:Transsexualism; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult