Exploring the relationship between homophobia and participation in core sports among high school students

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-613

  Osborne, Danny ^a   Wagner II, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Extracurricular activities; High school; Homophobia; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249055104     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2007.50.4.597     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Anderssen, Norman. 2002. "Does Contact with Lesbians and Gays Lead to Friendlier Attitudes? A Two Year Longitudinal Study." Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 12: 124-36.
2. Ben-Ari, Adital T. and Sharon Gil. 1998. "Perceptions of Life and Death among Suicidal Gay Adolescents." Omega 37: 107-19.
3. Bernoche-Baker, Barbara. 1987. "The Sexual Attitudes and Behavior of Private and Public School Students: A Comparative Study." Adolescence 22: 259-69.
4. Bierly, Margaret M. 1985. "Prejudice toward Contemporary Outgroups as a Generalized Attitude." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 15: 189-99.
5. Blinde, Elaine M. and Diane E. Taub. 1992. "Homophobia and Women's Sport: The Disempowerment of Athletes." Sociological Focus 25: 151-66.
6. Campbell, Bernadette, E. Glenn Schellenberg, and Charlene Y. Senn. 1997. "Evaluating Measures of Contemporary Sexism." Psychology of Women Quarterly 21: 89-102.
7. D'Augelli, Anthony R. 1989. "Lesbians' and Gay Men's Experiences of Discrimination and Harassment in a University Community." American Journal of Community Psychology 17: 317-21.
8. D'Augelli, Anthony R. 1992. "Lesbian and Gay Male Undergraduates' Experience of Harassment and Fear on Campus." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 7: 383-95.
9. Eccles, Jacquelynne S. and Bonnie L. Barber. 1999. "Student Council, Volunteering, Basketball, or Marching Band: What Kind of Extracurricular Involvement Matters?" Journal of Adolescent Research 14: 10-43.
10. Eder, Donna and Stephen Parker. 1987. "The Cultural Production and Reproduction of Gender: The Effect of Extracurricular Activities on Peer-Group Culture." Sociology of Education 60: 200-13.
11. Faulkner, Anne H. and Kevin Cranston. 1998. "Correlates of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in a Random Sample of Massachusetts High School Students." American Journal of Public Health 88: 262-66.
12. Fisher, Randy D., Donna Derison, Chester F. Polley, Jennifer Cadman, and D. Johnston. 1994. "Religiousness, Religious Orientation, and Attitudes towards Gays and Lesbians." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 24: 611-30.
13. Fletcher, Anne C., Pamela Nickerson, and Kristie L. Wright. 2003. "Structured Leisure Activities in Middle Childhood: Links to Well-Being." Journal of Community Psychology 31: 641-59.
14. Franklin, Karen. 2000. "Antigay Behaviors among Young Adults: Prevalence, Patterns, and Motivators in a Noncriminal Population." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 15: 339-62.
15. Garofalo, Robert, R. Cameron Wolf, Shari Kessel, Judith Palfrey, and Robert H. DuRant. 1998. "The Association between Health Risk Behaviors and Sexual Orientation among a School-Based Sample of Adolescents." Pediatrics 101: 895-902.
16. Gilman, Rich. 2001. "The Relationship between Life Satisfaction, Social Interest, and Frequency of Extracurricular Activities among Adolescent Students." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 30: 749-67.
17. Harry, Joseph. 1995. "Sports Ideology, Attitudes toward Women, and Anti-Homosexual Attitudes." Sex Roles 32: 109-16.
18. Heaven, Patrick C. L. and Lisa N. Oxman. 1999. "Human Values, Conservatism and Stereotypes of Homosexuals." Personality and Individual Differences 27:109-18.
19. Herek, Gregory M. 1993. "Documenting Prejudice against Lesbians and Gay Men on Campus: The Yale Sexual Orientation Survey." Journal of Homosexuality 25:15-30.
20. Herek, Gregory M. 2000. "Sexual Prejudice and Gender: Do Heterosexuals' Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Differ?" Journal of Social Issues 56: 251-66.
21. Herek, Gregory M. and John P. Capitanio. 1996. "'Some of My Best Friends': Intergroup Contact, Concealable Stigma, and Heterosexuals' Attitudes toward Gay Men and Lesbians." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 22: 412-24.
22. Hershberger, Scott L. and Anthony R. D'Augelli. 1995. "The Impact of Victimization on the Mental Health and Suicidality of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths." Developmental Psychology 31: 65-74.
23. Higgs, Catriona and Lea Ann B. Schell. 1998. "Backstage, Frontstage: An Analysis of Work and Leisure Roles of Women Recreational Softball Players." Journal of Homosexuality 36: 63-77.
24. Jordan, Karen M. 2000. "Substance Abuse among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth." The School Psychology Review 29: 201-6.
25. Kimmel, Michael S. and Matthew Mahler. 2003. "Adolescent Masculinity, Homophobia, and Violence: Random School Shootings, 1982-2001." American Behavioral Scientist 46: 1439-58.
26. Kite, Mary E. 1984. "Sex Differences in Attitudes toward Homosexuals: A Meta-Analytic Review." Journal of Homosexuality 10: 69-81.
27. Mahoney, Joseph L. and Robert B. Cairns. 1997. "Do Extracurricular Activities Protect against Early School Dropout?" Developmental Psychology 33: 241-53.
28. Marsiglio, William. 1993. "Attitudes toward Homosexual Activity and Gays as Friends: A National Survey of Heterosexual 15- to 19-Year-Old Males." The Journal of Sex Research 30: 12-7.
29. Martin, James I. and Anthony R. D'Augelli. 2003. "How Lonely Are Gay and Lesbian Youth?" Psychological Reports 93: 486.
30. Messner, Michael A. 1990. "Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 18: 416-44.
31. Messner, Michael A. 1992. Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity. Boston: Beacon Press.
32. Morrison, Todd G., Amanda V. Parriag, and Melanie A. Morrison. 1999. "The Psychometric Properties of the Homonegativity Scale." Journal of Homosexuality 37: 111-26.
33. Muir, Kenneth B. and Trina Seitz. 2004. "Machismo, Misogyny, and Homophobia in a Male Athletic Subculture: A Participant-Observation Study of Deviant Rituals in Collegiate Rugby." Deviant Behavior 25: 303-27.
34. Osborne, Danny, Anne Duran, Paul Davies, William Wagner, and Beth Rienzi. 2007. "Does Sexual Orientation Matter? An Experimental Assessment of Student Evaluations of a 'Gay' Professor." In Educational Psychology Research Focus, edited by F Columbus. New York: Nova Publications.
35. Plugge-Foust, Carol and George Strickland. 2000. "Homophobia, Irrationality, and Christian Ideology: Does a Relationship Exist?" Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 25: 240-44.
36. Russell, Stephan T., Hinda Seif, and Nhan L. Truong. 2001. "School Outcomes of Sexual Minority Youth in the United States: Evidence from a National Study." Journal of Adolescence 24: 111-27.
37. Sakalli, Nuray. 2002. "The Relationship between Sexism and Attitudes toward Homosexuality in a Sample of Turkish College Students." Journal of Homosexuality 42: 53-64.
38. Shakib, Sohaila. 2003. "Female Basketball Participation: Negotiating the Conflation of Peer Status and Gender Status from Childhood through Puberty." American Behavioral Scientist 46: 1405-22.
39. Shakib, Sohaila and Michele D. Dunbar. 2002. "The Social Construction of Female and Male High School Basketball Participation: Reproducing the Gender Order through a Two-Tiered Sporting Institution." Sociological Perspectives 45: 353-78.
40. Sotelo, Maria Jose. 2000. "Political Tolerance among Adolescents towards Homosexuals in Spain." Journal of Homosexuality 39: 95-105.
41. Storch, Eric A., Andrea R. Kolsky, Susan M. Silvestri, and Jason B. Storch. 2001. "Religiosity of Elite College Athletes." The Sport Psychologist 15: 346-51.
42. Van de Ven, Paul. 1994. "Comparisons among Homophobic Reactions of Undergraduates, High School Students, and Young Offenders." The Journal of Sex Research 31: 117-24.
43. Wagner, William and Danny Osborne. 2005. "Assessing the Impact of Extracurricular Activities on Homophobia: Do Sports and Non-Sports Activities Differ?" Manuscript submitted for publication.
44. Whitley, Bernard E. 2001. "Gender-Role Variables and Attitudes toward Homosexuality." Sex Roles 45: 691-721.
45. Yang, Alan S. 1997. "The Polls-Trends: Attitudes toward Homosexuality." Public Opinion Quarterly 61: 477-507.