TY - JOUR
T1 - Value Differentiation and Sexual Orientation.
AU - Daniel, Ella
AU - Crabtree, Maya
N1 - Accession Number: 97442982; DANIEL, ELLA 1; Email Address: [email protected]; CRABTREE, MAYA 2; Affiliations: 1 : University of Toronto; 2 : Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Source Info: 2014, Vol. 23, p9.1; Thesaurus Term: SEXUAL orientation; Thesaurus Term: COLLECTIVE representation; Thesaurus Term: UNDERGRADUATES; Thesaurus Term: HETEROSEXUALS; Thesaurus Term: GROUP identity; Thesaurus Term: SOCIAL realism; Thesaurus Term: GAY identity; Author-Supplied Keyword: cognitive polyphasia; Author-Supplied Keyword: satisfaction with life; Author-Supplied Keyword: value differentiation; Author-Supplied Keyword: Values; Author-Supplied Keyword: well-being; Number of Pages: 22p; Document Type: Article
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Can individuals create a coherent and unified value system when living in complex social realities, and encountering discordant values across life contexts, or do they experience a cognitive polyphasia? Undergraduate students in Israel (N = 93, mean age M = 24.90, SD = 3.05) reporting a gay or heterosexual sexual orientation were studied. Participants reported the importance of their values of universalism, benevolence, conformity and hedonism in the social roles of a student, a close friend, a romantic partner and a man/woman. As hypothesized, value differentiation, the variability in value importance across contexts, was higher among gay men than among heterosexuals. The difference is attributed to effects of the socially complex environment encountered by gay men, which creates a lack of coherence in their values. However, among gay men, unlike heterosexuals, value differentiation was not related negatively to well-being. The implications for the gay identity and the value system are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
AB - Can individuals create a coherent and unified value system when living in complex social realities, and encountering discordant values across life contexts, or do they experience a cognitive polyphasia? Undergraduate students in Israel (N = 93, mean age M = 24.90, SD = 3.05) reporting a gay or heterosexual sexual orientation were studied. Participants reported the importance of their values of universalism, benevolence, conformity and hedonism in the social roles of a student, a close friend, a romantic partner and a man/woman. As hypothesized, value differentiation, the variability in value importance across contexts, was higher among gay men than among heterosexuals. The difference is attributed to effects of the socially complex environment encountered by gay men, which creates a lack of coherence in their values. However, among gay men, unlike heterosexuals, value differentiation was not related negatively to well-being. The implications for the gay identity and the value system are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
KW - COLLECTIVE representation
KW - GAY identity
KW - GROUP identity
KW - HETEROSEXUALS
KW - SEXUAL orientation
KW - SOCIAL realism
KW - UNDERGRADUATES
KW - Values
KW - cognitive polyphasia
KW - satisfaction with life
KW - value differentiation
KW - well-being
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M3 - مقالة
SN - 1021-5573
VL - 23
SP - 9.1-9.22
JO - Papers on Social Representations
JF - Papers on Social Representations
ER -