IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/socsci/v100y2019i3p779-792.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Ideological Orientations, LGBT Contact, and Formation of LGBT Policy Position

Author

Listed:
  • Briana Kordsmeier
  • Creed Tumlison
  • Geoboo Song

Abstract

Objective We seek to understand how political ideology and LGBT contact experiences exert influence on an individual's level of LGBT policy support. Methods We apply multivariate regression and posterior simulation‐based conditional process analysis using data collected from a recent national survey of 1,500 American adults. Results We find that LGBT contact moderates the effects of individuals’ political ideology on the formation of their LGBT policy preference in distinctive ways. Furthermore, such analytical results hold nuanced differences depending on the specific topic of LGBT policy in consideration. Conclusion These findings are significant in terms of previous understandings of the contact theory of attitude change. Regarding the formation of policy positions, it is not simply contact, ideology, or the combination of the two that is influential. Instead, there appears to be a distinction in attitudinal valence toward what a specific policy represents, and thus the support for LGBT equality in that domain.

Suggested Citation

  • Briana Kordsmeier & Creed Tumlison & Geoboo Song, 2019. "Ideological Orientations, LGBT Contact, and Formation of LGBT Policy Position," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 100(3), pages 779-792, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:100:y:2019:i:3:p:779-792
    DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12579
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12579
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/ssqu.12579?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:100:y:2019:i:3:p:779-792. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0038-4941 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.