creator Unis, Barry J. advisor Schleser, Robert Althou gh some researchers have used implicit measures to investigate sexual orientation attitudes, very few have used the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) , which has been shown to be very difficult for participants to provide fake results . This study investigated self-identified heterosexual male college students' explicit and implicit attitudes regarding the acceptability of heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual people. Explicit measures includ ed the Modem Homonegativity Scale, Attitudes Regardin g Bisexuality Scale, Homonegati vity Scale, and the Collective Self-Esteem Scale. The impli cit measure was the IRAP. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed no statistically significant differences among explicit attitud es or implicit attitudes. Acceptability rankings based on the explicit measures were, from most to least, hetero sexual person, bisexual woman, bisexual man, lesbian, and gay man. In contrast, acceptability rankings based on the IRAP were heterosexual man, heterosexu al woman, gay man, bisexual man, bisexual woman, and lesbian. Mindfulness, measured using the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, was investigated as a moderator between explicit and implicit attitudes. The moderation analysis was not statistically significant; however, mindfulness was related to attitudes toward bisexual people. Specifically, describin g thoughts and feelings was negati vely associated with negati ve attitudes toward bisexual people. This study adds to the literature by expanding the young research areas of bisexuality, implicit attitude s, and mindfulness, specifically the relationship between describing and attitudes toward bisexual people. Submitted by Erma Thomas (thomase@iit.edu) on 2015-07-13T20:57:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 doc03196920141009140156.pdf: 18753065 bytes, checksum: 53e357e72ba2838381df83e35516594a (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-13T20:57:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 doc03196920141009140156.pdf: 18753065 bytes, checksum: 53e357e72ba2838381df83e35516594a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12 M.S. in Psychology, December 2014 2014 2014-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/3449 en Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access PSYCH / Institute of Psychology Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department