Members
Jonathan Mohr
Measures
Attitudes Regarding Bisexual Scale (ARBS)
The Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Scale (LGBIS)
My research focuses on manifestations and consequences of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping, as well as factors associated with positive adjustment in members of stigmatized groups. Most of my work examines these issues as they relate to sexual orientation, but I also have interests in how these issues related to race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and other sociocultural categories.
EXPERIENCES OF INDIVIDUALS FROM STIGMATIZED GROUPS
Some of my work explores the experiences of those who are stigmatized. This research has addressed some of the following questions regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals:
· What are differences are there among LGB individuals their response to having a stigmatized identity? How might such differences be assessed?
· How is LGB identity related to well-being, romantic relationship functioning, and interpersonal interactions with heterosexual individuals?
· What variables predict the degree to which LGB individuals are able to cope effectively with prejudice and discrimination?
· How do LGB individuals change over time in the way they cope with having a stigmatized identity, and how are these changes linked to well-being? What role can psychotherapy play in this process of change?
· What types of daily positive and negative experiences do LGB individuals have related to their sexual orientation, and how are these everyday events linked to well-being?
· In what ways is the well-being of LGB individuals influenced by the climates of the organizations in which they work and live (e.g., workplace climate, college campus climate)?
Another strand of my work explores the experiences of “majority group” members: those whose identity in a certain realm is not stigmatized. This research has addressed some of the following questions regarding sexual orientation issues:
· What are the attitudes and stereotypes that heterosexual individuals hold about LGB people? What are the attitudes and stereotypes that lesbian, gay, and heterosexual individuals hold about bisexual people?
· How do such attitudes and stereotypes influence individuals’ perceptions about and behavior toward LGB people, including individuals’ capacity for empathy with LGB people?
· How might such attitudes and stereotypes influence therapists’ treatment of LGB clients? Jury members decisions in court cases involving LGB people?
· What types of experiences increase heterosexual individuals’ capacity for empathy and positive interactions with LGB people? To what degree is anxiety about appearing prejudiced a factor?
How might such attitudes and stereotypes influence therapists’ treatment of LGB clients? Jury members decisions in court cases involving LGB people?
What types of experiences increase heterosexual individuals’ capacity for empathy and positive interactions with LGB people? To what degree is anxiety about appearing prejudiced a factor?
I have been increasing my use of multiple methods for collecting and analyzing data, including naturalistic observation, daily experience sampling, qualitative analysis, and sampling at multiple levels of analysis (e.g., individual, dyadic, institutional).