TABLE OF CONTENTS

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A CKN OW  LED GM  EN TS                                                     . iv

LIST OF  TABLES                                                            . vii

LIST OF FIGURE  S                                                          . viii

A B S T R A C T                                                             . ix

CHAPTER

I   IN TRODU  CTION                                                          . 1

2   BA CK GROUND    AN D LITERATURE                                          . 3

    Sex and Gender Role Ideologies . 4
    Racial D ifferences in H om negativity                                   . 8
    A dditional Influential V ariables . 10
        E d u c a tio n                                                     . I I
        Religious Fundam entalism                                           . 12
        A g e                                                               . 1 2
        P o litic al Id e o lo g y                                          . 13
    H y p o th e se s                                                       . 1 3

3   RESEAR  CH  DESIGN  AN D  M ETH OD S . 15

    S a m p le                                                              . 1 5
    M e a su re s                                                           . 1 6

4   R E S U L T S                                                           . 2 1

    U nivariate Analysis                                                    . 21
    B iv ariate A n aly sis                                                 . 2 2
    M ultivariate Analysis . 25
        Intervening and Suppressor Effects . 27
        N o n a d d itiv ity                                                . 3 1
            Race interactions . . 33
            Gender interactions                                             . 36
            Interactions w ith sex, race, and the gender role scale         . 36


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