Homophobic attitudes and associated factors among adolescents

Periodical
Journal of Homosexuality
Volume
63
Year
2016
Issue number
9
Page range
1253-1276
Relates to study/studies
ICCS 2009

Homophobic attitudes and associated factors among adolescents

A comparison of six Latin American countries

Abstract

Homophobic attitudes are still very common in the world, although there are large differences between countries. This study analyzed the responses of almost 30,000 8th- and 9th-grade students from six countries who participated in the Latin American component of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study. Higher levels of homophobia were found in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Paraguay than in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. Homophobic attitudes were positively associated with being male, having lower levels of empathy, spending less time with friends and the media, having aggressive attitudes, and being more religious, in particular non-Catholic Christian.