Individual Differences Research www.idr-journal.com 2007, Vol. 5, No. 2 ISSN: 1541-745X pp. 106-114 Copyright © 2007 IDR Predicting Attitudes toward Homosexuality: Insights from Personality Psychology Todd K. Shackelford* Florida Atlantic University Avi Besser** Sapir Academic College, Israel *Todd K. Shackelford; Department of Psychology; Florida Atlantic University; 2912 College Avenue; Davie, Florida; tshackel@fau.edu. (email). **Avi Besser; Department of Behavioral Sciences; Sapir Academic College; D. N. Hof Ashkelon 79165; Israel; besser@mail.sapir.ac.il (email). ABSTRACT - Relative standings on personality dimensions predict many important attitudes. The current research tests the hypothesis that people who score higher on the personality dimension of Openness to Experience report more favorable attitudes toward homosexuality. Using data secured by the General Social Survey of respondents (N = 1,012) residing in the USA, several correlates of Openness to Experience were identified and entered into multiple regressions predicting attitudes toward homosexuality. The results provide support for the hypothesis, and suggest that large social surveys might be useful for assessing relationships between personality dimensions and important social attitudes such as attitudes toward homosexuality. In the world today, there are many views on a person’s sexual preference (e.g., Rouse, 2002). Although prejudice against lesbians and gay men is widespread in American society (e.g., Herek, 2000, Whitley & Aegisdottir, 2000), Americans’ attitudes toward lesbians and gay men have become less negative over the past 30