Title

A Comparison Of Pro- And Anti-Nudity College Students On Acceptance Of Self And Of Culturally Diverse Others

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 pronudity students were less prejudiced toward ethnically dissimilar others compared with antinudity 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.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Sex Research

Volume

45

Issue

3

Number of Pages

287-294

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490802204464

Socpus ID

55249106469 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/55249106469

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