Heterosexual students’ attitudes towards gays and lesbians: An Eastern Cape university survey.

dc.contributor.authorBarry, Hilde-May
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T07:36:17Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T07:36:17Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWhile South Africa stands apart from other countries as being more progressive in terms of gay and lesbian rights, attitudes towards this population continue to be intolerant. Attitudes shape people’s behaviour and in a university setting young students are vulnerable to discrimination. This is often a time when young people are still shaping their identities. An electronic survey comprising the Attitudes towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale was administered to 401 students taking undergraduate psychology courses at the East London Campus of the University of Fort Hare, to assess their attitudes towards gays and lesbians. The survey measured their attitudes in terms of the biographical variables of gender, age, race, and religiosity, commitment to religious practice, urban or rural upbringing and nationality. The results of the research found that gender, race, religiosity, religious attendance and rural or urban upbringing do influence students’ attitudes significantly. However, age did not have an effect on attitudes towards gays and lesbians in the present study. The significance of the differences in attitudes in terms of nationality was not able to be tested due to the small sample size of foreign students. The findings of this study show that there are fairly consistent predictors of students’ attitudes concerning gays and lesbians. This information can help us to clarify areas to target for improvement in the campus climate for gay and lesbian communities.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/417
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen_ZA
dc.titleHeterosexual students’ attitudes towards gays and lesbians: An Eastern Cape university survey.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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