Klaus Michael Reininger, Helena Koulen, Hannah Marie Biel, Timo Hennig, Laura Pietras, Martin Rochus Kokot, Bernd Löwe, Peer Briken, Steffen Moritz
Negative attitudes and stigmatization toward sexual minorities is a cause of minority stress of non-heterosexual persons on an individual level and has a negative impact on democratic coexistence in postmodern, plural society on a societal level. Derived from clinical research, we developed a short metacognitive training (MCT) intended to induce doubt toward inaccurate beliefs about LGBTIQ+ persons. We expected this MCT to reduce homonegativity, threat perceptions of LGBTIQ+ persons, and to foster extended outgroup tolerance compared to an education and a no-treatment control condition...
April 22, 2024: Archives of Sexual Behavior