Issue frame effect in the support of same-sex marriage among Brazilian undergraduates

Authors

  • Angelo Brandelli Costa Pontifícia Católica do Rio Grande do Sul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-8152
  • Ramiro Figueiredo Catelan Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Camilla Lima de Araujo Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Joilson Pereira da Silva Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Silvia Helena Koller Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Henrique Caetano Nardi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2017.2.24421

Keywords:

framing effect, prejudice, homoaffection, homosexuality, marriage

Abstract

Framing effect refers to the impact that the presentation of a topic has on the opinions of individuals. The objective of this research was to evaluate the presence of the framing effect on the endorsement to legal recognition of same-sex unions in a Brazilian university population. It took into account three different frames: homosexual; homoaffective and same sex. Eight thousand and eighty-two college students from southern Brazil answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, a prejudice against sexual and gender diversity scale and randomly gave their opinion about homosexual; homoaffective; or, same sex marriage. There were no differences in the level of endorsement of the frames, however, groups historically associated with lower support to sexual and gender diversity, and those with more negative attitudes towards sexual and gender diversity endorsed least these unions. Therefore, the way the question is framed does not influence the endorsement to legal recognition of same-sex unions.

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Published

2017-06-22

How to Cite

Costa, A. B., Catelan, R. F., de Araujo, C. L., da Silva, J. P., Koller, S. H., & Nardi, H. C. (2017). Issue frame effect in the support of same-sex marriage among Brazilian undergraduates. Psico, 48(2), 99–108. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2017.2.24421

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 2 (2017)

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Articles