Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 12-1996 A Comparison of Gay and Lesbian Sensitivity Trainings On Student Counselors’ Attitudes Toward Same Gender Sexual Behavior H. Dean Dorman Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Counseling Commons, and the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons Recommended Citation Dorman, H. Dean, "A Comparison of Gay and Lesbian Sensitivity Trainings On Student Counselors’ Attitudes Toward Same Gender Sexual Behavior" (1996). Dissertations. 1690. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1690 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A COMPARISON OF GAY AND LESBIAN SENSITIVITY TRAININGS ON STUDENT COUNSELORS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SAME GENDER SEXUAL BEHAVIOR by H. Dean Dorman A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan December 1996 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A COMPARISON OF GAY AND LESBIAN SENSITIVITY TRAININGS ON STUDENT COUNSELORS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SAME GENDER SEXUAL BEHAVIOR H. Dean Dorman, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 1996 This study explored the effect of both gender and three different panel dis cussion formats on the positive modification of attitudes toward same gender sex ual behavior. Subjects were randomly assigned to either a control group or one of three treatment groups: (1) a live panel discussion, (2) a videotape of the live panel discussion with a facilitator, or (3) a videotape of the live panel discussion without a facilitator.