Perceptions of Individuals Who Are Non-monosexuals held by Graduate Students

A Q Methodological Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12759129
AutoresColton Brown (0009-0009-1896-3650, Oklahoma State University, autor correspondente), Diane Montgomery (0000-0002-1876-6405, Oklahoma State University), Tonya R Hammer (0000-0002-0754-0013, Oklahoma State University)
Ano2017
Volume17
Fascículo1
Páginas73-87
Data de publicação2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15299716.2016.1276502
OpenAlexW2588616316
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas23

“Non-monosexual” is an umbrella term for bisexual, pansexual, queer, and fluid+ identities, and it lacks visibility and acceptance in the larger LGBTQ+ community. Research has shown that non-monosexual experience more discrimination than their monosexual peers (. Q methodology was used to explore the perceptions that graduate students have of the non-monosexual community, with 19 participants sorting 40 statements addressing stereotypes of non-monosexuals. Using a principal components factor analysis with varimax rotation and a significance level of .50, two factors were interpreted as, “We're all Okay,” characterized by social acceptance and normalization of non-monosexuals and “You Might be Okay,” implying an individual acceptance of those who are non-monosexual, but lack of assurance on the place of non-monosexuals in society/communities. To further explain factor interpretation, two monologues are presented that represent theoretical findings for non-monosexuals for each factor. The discussion of these findings is framed from a social justice perspective oriented toward increasing acceptance of non-monosexual individuals

Graduate students · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Q Methodology Applications