Greek High School Teachers' Homonegative Attitudes Towards Same-Sex Parent Families

Grigoropoulos, Iraklis

doi:10.1007/s12119-021-09935-5

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“…The authors argue that social norms to support lesbian, gay, and bisexual orientations are more prevalent among younger age groups and in more highly educated contexts such as college campuses. Indeed, associations with age are evident from the literature on teacher attitudes, suggesting that younger preand in-service teachers tend to have lower levels of sexual prejudice and feel more comfortable addressing LGBTQIA+ issues than older teachers of higher seniority (Baiocco et al, 2020;Grigoropoulos, 2022;Hall & Rodgers, 2019;Page, 2017). Along these lines, we hypothesize that age was negatively related with teacher attitudes, with more positive attitudes for younger pre-service teachers.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Dessel (2010) reported that teachers displayed more positive attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual students and parents after their participation in a dialogue intervention. Positive relations between intergroup contact and reduced sexual prejudice, positive attitudes, and frequent responses to homophobic bullying in school have also been documented with teacher samples from Germany (Klocke et al, 2019), Greece (Grigoropoulos, 2022), andItaly (Baiocco et al, 2020;Simone et al, 2022;Zotti et al, 2019). Studies that considered samples of US teachers found that teachers with sexual minority friends have more favorable feelings toward bisexual and homosexual students (Foy & Hodge, 2016;Stucky et al, 2020) and family members (Foy & Hodge, 2016).…”

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Teacher attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual students: Evidence for intergroup contact theory and secondary transfer effects

Gegenfurtner

Hartinger²,

Gabel³

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Soc Psychol Educ

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This article presents two studies that tested the predictive validity of intergroup contact theory and secondary transfer effects related to pre-service teacher attitudes toward sexual minority youth in classrooms. Multiple regression of feeling thermometer scores in Study 1 (N = 989) suggested that more favorable attitudes are present among younger, female, bisexual or homosexual, less religious, politically left-wing pre-service teachers with lesbian, gay, and bisexual contacts. Associations with family membership and hometown size were nonsignificant. Analyses of variance in Study 2 (N = 406) showed statistically significant secondary transfer effects. For instance, teacher candidates with no lesbian women contacts showed less sexual prejudice toward lesbian students if they were in social contact with gay men and bisexual people. Implications for teacher education, teacher professionalism, and the need to create safe spaces in school for LGBTQIA+ students are discussed.

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Section: Correlates Of Teacher Attitudes Toward Lesbian Gay and Bisex...mentioning

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Section: Intergroup Contact Theory and The Secondary Transfer Effectmentioning

confidence: 89%

Teacher attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual students: Evidence for intergroup contact theory and secondary transfer effects

Gegenfurtner

Hartinger²,

Gabel³

et al. 2023

Soc Psychol Educ

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“…Heteronormative culture-specific societal beliefs about sexual minoritiescould also be considered as a possible minority pressure factor (Grigoropoulos, 2022). Therefore, more studies are needed from different cultural contexts to reflect the impact of societal influences on sexual minority individuals' decisions and experiences.…”

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“…In addition to the heteronormative, and in several cases highly oppressive social-cultural context of Greece (Grigoropoulos, 2022), societal norms place an additional significance on gender roles, with the female parent perceived as most important for child-rearing (Chalkidou, 2020). Moreover, Greece is a country where the Orthodox Church plays a central role in determining what is socially desirable and what is morally wrong and therefore profoundly influences sexuality and marriage issues (Grigoropoulos, 2022). Thus, even…”

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Sexual Orientation Attributions Аnd Conventional Pre-Existing Values in the Context of Sexual Minorities’ Rights

Grigoropoulos

2022

PSYCT

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Attributions concerning the origins of sexual orientation are acknowledged as significant predictors of attitudes toward sexual minorities. Sexual prejudice and opposition to same-gender couple’s rights are strongly linked with support of traditional values. The current study aimed to test that attributions for sexual orientation are significantly associated with opposition to same-gender adoption rights. Secondly, this study examined if participants’ specific attitudinal characteristics reflecting support of traditional values (e.g., religiosity, political positioning) are strong predictors of sexual orientation attribution beliefs supporting the concept that attributions for sexual orientation may stem from pre-existing conventional beliefs. This exploratory, cross-sectional study was conducted from October 8 until December 20, 2020, via an online survey. A total of 119 respondents aged 18 to 48 years (Mage = 24.31; SDage = 8.36) participated in the study. Bivariate correlations were generated to explore the associations among variables of interest. Multiple regression analysis was performed to predict the influences of all variables of interest on etiological beliefs about sexual orientation. This study’s findings suggest that attitudes toward sexual minorities' rights tend to be more negative when their sexual orientation is believed to be controllable and that sexual orientation attributions conform to pre-existing context-specific conventional socio-cultural values and norms.

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“…Plans for couples to start a family are high in Greece. As well, there are strong social and family pressures on heterosexual couples to have children (Grigoropoulos 2019a , 2022a , b ; Iraklis 2020 , 2021a , b ). According to Paxson ( 2004 , 2006 ), “it is gestation and birth, rather than conception, that is both definitive and emblematic of true motherhood” in Greece ( 2004 , p. 221).…”

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Adoption openness and adoption stigma: a retrospective study of adult adoptees

Grigoropoulos

2022

SN Soc Sci

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This study explored adult adoptees’ experiences and challenges concerning their adoption and the extent to which adoption issues were openly discussed within the adoptive family. Listening to the perspective of adoptees is important as their experiences, and expectations can influence their well-being and the success of their placement. Fourteen adult adoptees participated in this study. Qualitative data were gathered using semi-structured interviews. Interviews took place between June 2020 and November 2020. The analysis of transcripts was conducted according to the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) guidelines. Three themes related to the aims of the current research emerged from the data: (a) adoption secrecy, (b) adoptees' expectations for communication openness, and (c) adoption stigma. This study provides valuable insight into adoption communication openness, recognition of adoption stigma, and adoption microaggressions. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43545-022-00339-2.

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Greek High School Teachers' Homonegative Attitudes Towards Same-Sex Parent Families

Cited by 20 publications

References 44 publications

Teacher attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual students: Evidence for intergroup contact theory and secondary transfer effects

Teacher attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual students: Evidence for intergroup contact theory and secondary transfer effects

Sexual Orientation Attributions Аnd Conventional Pre-Existing Values in the Context of Sexual Minorities’ Rights

Adoption openness and adoption stigma: a retrospective study of adult adoptees

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