Abstract

Attitudes towards LGBT are shifting, with over half (51%) of the US population now favoring same-sex marriage. LGBT issues are also being hotly debated in the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church. The purpose of this research is to examine how the film, ‘Seventh-Gay Adventist’ (SGA) influences SDA college students’ attitudes regarding homosexuality. My study will compare attitude scores of students using an experimental design with random assignment. Both the experimental group and the control group will complete a commonly used Homosexuality Attitude Scale and modified version of Fulton’s Adventists and LGB’s survey (2013) at pre-test and post-test. The control and primary experimental subjects will be randomly assigned to watch either SGA or The Adventist (a documentary film about SDA health practices). Analyses will include within-group and between-group t-tests as well as cross-tabulations and chi-square analyses.

Acknowledgments

J.N. Andrews Honors Scholar and Undergraduate Research Scholar

Advisor: Harvey Burnett, Behavioral Sciences

Location

Buller Hallway

Start Date

3-6-2015 2:30 PM

End Date

3-6-2015 4:00 PM

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P-27 Changing Attitudes Towards Sexual Orientation and the Effect of Documentary Film

Buller Hallway

Attitudes towards LGBT are shifting, with over half (51%) of the US population now favoring same-sex marriage. LGBT issues are also being hotly debated in the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church. The purpose of this research is to examine how the film, ‘Seventh-Gay Adventist’ (SGA) influences SDA college students’ attitudes regarding homosexuality. My study will compare attitude scores of students using an experimental design with random assignment. Both the experimental group and the control group will complete a commonly used Homosexuality Attitude Scale and modified version of Fulton’s Adventists and LGB’s survey (2013) at pre-test and post-test. The control and primary experimental subjects will be randomly assigned to watch either SGA or The Adventist (a documentary film about SDA health practices). Analyses will include within-group and between-group t-tests as well as cross-tabulations and chi-square analyses.