title: Cultural capital and attitudes toward homosexuals: exploring the relation between lifestyles and homonegativity.
abstract: This article explores the potential of cultural capital as explanatory factor in understanding homonegativity. Building on recent findings suggesting the need for a cultural component in understanding homonegativity, this article explores the relation between lifestyles (the measurable expression of cultural capital) and homonegativity. Using the "Social-Cultural Changes in Flanders 2006" survey (a population-wide survey in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium), we observed that homonegativity is lowest in lifestyle clusters where cultural capital is higher. This effect, furthermore, is maintained even after controlling for other homonegativity correlates. These results suggest that cultural capital, expressed by lifestyles, is a valuable addition to the understanding of homonegativity.
authors: a Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) , KU Leuven-University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
authors: Koen
authors: K
authors: Slootmaeckers
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Lievens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D063509:Homophobia / Q000523:psychology*; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cultural capital; homonegativity; homophobia; leisure; lifestyles