A Comparison of Pro- and Anti-Nudity College Students on Acceptance of Self and of Culturally Diverse Others |
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Authors: | Charles Negy Samantha Winton |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Central Florida , cnegy@ucf.edu;3. Department of Psychology , University of Central Florida , |
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Abstract: | This study examined if college students supportive of social nudity would differ from students opposed to social nudity on self-acceptance and acceptance of culturally diverse others. Using data from 384 participants, pro- and anti-nudity groups were formed based on students scoring in the upper (n = 59) and lower (n = 64) quartiles on a measure assessing attitudes toward social nudity. Hypotheses were partially supported. Results indicated that pro-nudity students significantly differed from anti-nudity students on comfort with their bodies' appearances, but not on self-acceptance. Pro-nudity students also were significantly more accepting of other religious groups and gays and lesbians compared with anti-nudity students, but they did not differ on their attitudes toward the disabled. A trend was noted indicating that pro-nudity students were less prejudiced toward ethnically dissimilar others compared with anti-nudity students. Follow-up exploratory analyses suggested that pro-nudity students' increased openness to sexuality in general accounted for the two groups' discrepant views toward religiously dissimilar others and gays and lesbians. Pro-nudity students' relative tolerance for cultural diversity is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Human sexual behavior cross national differences AIDS epidemic World Health Organization |
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