Negative Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Are Associated with STD Risk Behaviors Among Men

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-45
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality ◽  
Std Risk

scholarly journals Me and UsVersusthe Others: Troubling the Bullying Phenomenon

2019 ◽  
pp. 0044118X1985786
Author(s):  
María Victoria Carrera-Fernández ◽  
Xosé Manuel Cid-Fernández ◽  
Ana Almeida ◽  
Antonio González-Fernández ◽  
María Lameiras-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Bullying Prevention ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
Sexist Attitudes ◽  
Joint Influence ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

The bullying phenomenon has been simplified and studied primarily from a psychological perspective. In this study, the phenomenon of bullying was examined by analyzing the joint influence of sociocultural factors such as gender stereotypes, sexism, and attitudes toward sexual and cultural diversity on bullying participation as a bully and a bully follower. Participants were 1,165 Spanish and Portuguese adolescents with a mean age of 14.64 years. The hierarchical linear regression model reveals that bullies are less expressive and more instrumental, they hold more hostile sexist and less benevolent sexist attitudes, more negative attitudes toward homosexuality and more positive ones toward lesbianism, as well as more negative behavior toward gender nonconforming people, and more negative attitudes toward cultural diversity. With the exception of expressiveness and negative attitudes toward cultural diversity, these variables also explain participation as a bully follower. Implications for the development of educational policies and practices of bullying prevention are discussed.

Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior To Understand The STD Risk Behaviors Of Incarcerated Women

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Hogben ◽  
Janet S. St. Lawrence ◽  
Michael H. Hennessy ◽  
Gloria D. Eldridge
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Std Risk

African Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Relationships, 1982–2018

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Yi Dionne ◽  
Boniface Dulani
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe ◽  
Recent Policy ◽  
Do So ◽  
Cross National

One significant barrier to sexual minority rights in Africa is the generally negative attitudes ordinary Africans have toward same-sex relationships. Yet since 1998, there has been notable progress in terms of legalizing same-sex relationships on the continent, with Botswana the most recent African country to do so, in 2019. Botswana joins Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, and South Africa, among countries that have decriminalized same-sex relationships. Publicly available cross-national survey data measuring citizen’s attitudes toward homosexuality in 41 African countries from 1982 to 2018 shows that, on average, Africans hold negative attitudes toward same-sex relationships, which is consistent with previous reports. However, there is variation in these attitudes, suggesting greater tolerance of sexual minorities among women, people who use the Internet more frequently, and urban residents. One key finding is that homophobia is not universal in Africa. In light of recent policy and legal developments advancing sexual minority rights, and given findings in existing scholarship highlighting the influence politicians have in politicizing homophobia, the literature questioning the generalized notion of a “homophobic Africa” is growing, and there are calls for more research on the factors influencing decriminalization.

Mothers: The Major Force in Preventing HIV/STD Risk Behaviors

2011 ◽  
pp. 121-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Dancy ◽  
Colleen DiIorio
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Std Risk

The impact of touch‐tone data entry on reports of HIV and STD risk behaviors in telephone interviews

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Blumberg ◽  
Marcie L. Cynamon ◽  
Larry Osborn ◽  
Lorayn Olson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Std Risk

Immediate Effects of Written Material on Attitudes toward Homosexuality

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1411-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc E. Pratarelli ◽  
Jennifer S. Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Article Analysis ◽  
Biological Determinants ◽  
Attitudes Toward Homosexuals

This study examined whether attitudes toward homosexuals were affected by educational material containing information about the biological determinants of sexual orientation. This study utilized a normed two-alternative inventory on which participants were asked to rate matched items on a 5-point scale. In the first session participants completed one version involving interactions with homosexual individuals. One week later, participants, randomly assigned to one of three groups, filled out the matched alternative form after reading a summary that presented either a biological or environmental basis for homosexuality or an unrelated article. Analysis confirmed previous research that the 40 men had more negative attitudes toward homosexuals than the 40 women but that different types of explanations for homosexuality had no over-all influence on attitudes. More importantly, an item analysis extended our previous understanding of sex differences in that physical proximity to the homosexual individual was the strongest factor associated with attitude change.

Attitude toward Homosexuality and Attention to News about AIDS

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. David Kennamer ◽  
Julie A. Honnold
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Analytic Model ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Policy Attitudes ◽  
Using Data

Using data from random sample telephone interviews of adults in the Richmond, Virginia, metropolitan area, we tested a path analytic model predicting attention to news about AIDS. We hypothesized that negative attitudes toward homosexuality would act as a barrier to attention to news about AIDS. We found that lower attention to news about AIDS was predicted by negative attitudes toward homosexuality, conservative AIDS policy attitudes, lower perceived risk of getting AIDS, in addition to being male, older, white, and better educated (adjusted R2 = .17). The model predicted media attention better for men (adjusted R2 = .18) than for women (adjusted R2 = .07).

scholarly journals A qualitative view of the HIV epidemic in coastal Ecuador

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam L Beckman ◽  
Magdelana M Wilson ◽  
Vishaal Prabhu ◽  
Nicola Soekoe ◽  
Humberto Mata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Living With Hiv

In 2013 approximately 37,000 people were living with HIV in Ecuador (prevalence 0.4%), representing a generalized epidemic where most new infections arise from sexual interactions in the general population. Studies that examine attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLWH), individual risk perception of acquiring HIV amongst Ecuadorians, and the ways in which levels of risk perception may affect risk behaviors are lacking. This qualitative study aimed to fill this gap in the literature by investigating these issues in the rural, coastal community of Manglaralto, Ecuador, which has among the highest incidence of HIV in Ecuador. We conducted interviews with 15 patients at Manglaralto Hospital. Analysis of interview transcripts revealed widespread negative attitudes towards PLWH, prevalent risk behaviors such as multiple sex partners and lack of condom use, and low individual risk-perception of contracting HIV. These findings underscore the need for increased efforts to prevent further growth of the HIV epidemic in Ecuador.

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