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Personality. For personality, the interaction between target person sexual
orientation and respondent sex was significant, F(1, 470) = 13.18, p < .001. The
combination of female respondent and target person heterosexual orientation (M = 1.98,
SD = .059) is a better predictor of personality effect than combinations of female
respondent and target person homosexual orientation (M = 2.20, SD = .07), male
respondent and target person heterosexual orientation (M = 2.21, SD = .07), and male
respondent and target person homosexual orientation (M = 2.69, SD = .08) respectively.
A significant interaction for personality was found between topic of disease and
respondent sex, F(1, 470) = 5.94, p < .05. The combination of female respondent and
cancer (M = 1.95, SD = .06) is a better predictor of personality effect than combinations
of female respondent and AIDS (M = 2.23, SD = .06), male respondent and cancer (M =
2.23, SD = .07), and male respondent and AIDS (M = 2.67, SD = .08) respectively.
The interaction between topic of disease and target person sexual orientation was
also significant for personality, F(1, 470) = 5.85, p < .05. The combination of cancer and
target person heterosexual orientation (M = 1.95, SD = .05) is a better predictor of
personality effect than combinations of cancer and target person homosexual orientation
(M = 2.24, SD = .05), AIDS and target person heterosexual orientation (M = 2.24, SD =
.052), and AIDS and target person homosexual orientation (M = 2.66, SD = .06)
respectively.
A fourth significant interaction for personality was found between respondent sex
and target person sex, F(1, 470) = 4.64, p < .05. The combination of female respondent
and female target person (M = 2.09, SD = .06) is a better predictor of personality effect
than combinations of female respondent and male target person (M = 2.10, SD = .06),