Combating bisexual erasure: The correspondence of implicit and explicit sexual identity
dc.contributor.author | Kirby, TA | |
dc.contributor.author | Merritt, SK | |
dc.contributor.author | Baillie, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Malahy, LW | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaiser, CR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-22T10:17:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12-21 | |
dc.description.abstract | Both straight (i.e., heterosexual) and gay/lesbian individuals still question and erase bisexual identities. Skeptics contend that people adopt bisexual identities for strategic motivations, such as avoiding the stigma associated with identifying as gay, or for attention-seeking purposes. Across two studies, self-identified gay (N = 168), straight (N = 237), and bisexual (N = 231) participants completed a sexual identity Implicit Association Test, a measure that can provide insight into automatic associations and lessen the influence of impression management strategies. All three groups displayed implicit sexual identities that were consistent with their self-ascribed identities. Gay men and lesbians implicitly identified as more gay and less bisexual than bisexual men and women, who in turn identified as less straight and more bisexual than straight men and women. These findings show that self-reported sexual identities converge with implicit identities and have implications for understanding the psychology of sexual orientation. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 21 December 2020 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1948550620980916 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ES/S00274X/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124243 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://osf.io/u68tv/ | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://osf.io/7kfvr | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2020. Open access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | en_GB |
dc.subject | sexuality | en_GB |
dc.subject | automatic/implicit processes | en_GB |
dc.subject | self/identity | en_GB |
dc.subject | social identity | en_GB |
dc.subject | individual differences | en_GB |
dc.subject | prejudice/stereotyping | en_GB |
dc.subject | self-concept | en_GB |
dc.subject | self-categorization | en_GB |
dc.subject | social cognition | en_GB |
dc.subject | stigma | en_GB |
dc.title | Combating bisexual erasure: The correspondence of implicit and explicit sexual identity | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-22T10:17:27Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1948-5506 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: The research data and materials supporting this publication are openly available from the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/u68tv/. The Study 2 preregistration is available at https://osf.io/7kfvr. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Social Psychological and Personality Science | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-11-18 | |
exeter.funder | ::Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-11-18 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-12-21T20:57:54Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-12-22T10:17:33Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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