Turkish Family Members’ Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men

Oksal, Aynur

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“…39-49). In addition, the importance of traditionally established rules and societal behaviors is widespread in Turkey (Oksal, 2008). The rules of Turkish society deny homosexuality and homosexuals.…”

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Relationships Between Religiosity Level and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Among Turkish University Students

Saraç

2014

Journal of Homosexuality

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This study examined the relationships between religiosity levels and attitudes toward lesbians and gay men among freshmen university students in Turkey. The Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale-Short Form and the Religiosity Scale were administered to 91 male (M = 19.95, SD = 1.48 years) and 171 female (M = 19.23, SD = 1.28 years) students. The findings showed that male freshmen (M = 19.32, SD = 4.97) had more negative attitudes toward gay men than toward lesbians (M = 17.84, SD = 5.25), p = .000. In addition, attitudes of male freshmen were significantly more negative toward gay men (M =19.32, SD = 4.97) than females (M = 17.51, SD = 5.73), p = .012. Both male and female freshmen students who had higher levels of religiosity were found to have higher levels of negative attitudes toward both lesbians and gay men.

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Relationships Between Religiosity Level and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Among Turkish University Students

Saraç

2014

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…While many people regard homosexuality as acceptable, some state that they fear when they know there is a homosexual person around them. In Turkish society, there is not an official definition seeing lesbianism or being a gay as an illness or a crime (Oksal, 2008;Yılmaz, 2002). Families' traditional attitudes become determinant in behaviors toward lesbians and gays.…”

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“…Families either disregard or disown their children. Few families pretend not to know about the matter or exhibit positive attitudes toward this lifestyle of their children's (Oksal, 2008).…”

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“…These studies have emphasized that negative attitudes exhibited toward homosexuals depend on traditional gender roles transferred from generation to generation and adopted in Turkish society. However, these negative attitudes are less observed in individuals having social ties with homosexual individuals (Oksal, 2008;Çırakoğlu, 2006;Sakalli, 2002aSakalli, , 2002bSakalli, , & 2002cSakalli & Uğurlu, 2001).…”

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Examination of Students’ Attitudes Toward Homosexual Athletes—A Case Study of Sports Sciences Faculty of Uludağ University

Korkmaz¹,

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2015

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The aim of this study is to determine Physical Education and Sport Department students' attitudes toward homosexual athletes. This study is the first study investigating the homophobia of physical education students who are expected to play a role in the development of sports and its basic education. The sample of the study is 102 students. The participant students were aged between 18-28 years old and the mean age was 21.67. To collect data, the Turkish version of the "Homophobia in Sports Scale" was used. With the aim of determining if there was a difference between the male and the female students' attitudes, chi-square goodness-of-fit-test and Mann-Whitney U test were employed. The differences were tested at the significance level of 0.05. Half of the female participants and 40% of the male participants stated that there would be no change in their thoughts about a "male" athlete revealing that he was a gay; moreover, 48.93% of the female participants and 43.63% of the male participants stated that there would be no change in their thoughts about a "female" athlete revealing that she was a lesbian. In relation to the question "If an athlete revealed his sexual preference, how would this confession change thoughts of fans of other sports branches?" 68.08% of the female participants and 69.09% of the male participants stated that their thoughts would change negatively. When all the participants were taken into account, it was observed that 5.88% of those who stated that thoughts of others would change positively. The indifference states of the participants were not different. Although the male and the female physical education student teachers held positive opinions of homosexual athletes within the scope of the Homophobia in Sports Scale, they had some negative opinions in some parameters. It will be useful to implement teacher training programs to develop attitudes and behaviors against discrimination in the society. Moreover, works to increase tolerance toward different lifestyles in the society will help to develop positive attitude toward homosexuality.

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“…En este contexto, la gestión de la homosexualidad de los hijos e hijas es compleja para los padres y madres, pero igualmente complicada para las personas homosexuales que enfrentan directamente la experiencia de disgregación y transgresión social en un sistema heterosexual (Ceballos-Fernández, 2014), y también comprende los sentimientos de miedo a perder el apoyo y confianza familiares (Oksal, 2008).…”

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Efectos en el afrontamiento y soporte social ante la revelación de la homosexualidad a la familia: estudio comparativo en gais y lesbianas

Luévanos¹

2018

Psicogente

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Cómo citar este artículo (APA):Silva Luévanos, B. E. (2018). Efectos en el afrontamiento y soporte social ante la revelación de la homosexualidad a la familia: estudio comparativo en gais y lesbianas. Psicogente 21 (40), 321-336. https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.21.40.3077 321 Efectos en el afrontamiento y soporte social ante la revelación de la homosexualidad a la familia: estudio comparativo en gais y lesbianas Effects on coping and social support before the revelation of homosexuality to the family: a comparative study in gays and lesbians Benjamín Emanuel Silva LuévanosUniversidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, México ResumenObjetivo: El presente trabajo es resultado de una investigación que se realizó en las ciudades de Monclova y Saltillo en el estado de Coahuila, México, con el objetivo de indagar acerca de la autopercepción que tienen gais y lesbianas respecto de los efectos en su afrontamiento y del soporte social después de haber revelado su homosexualidad a la familia.Método: Para medir las variables de estudio se empleó la Batería de Evaluación Psicosocial de Sucesos Vital (Cantú y Álvarez, 2009; 2013), la cual se aplicó a 30 sujetos: 15 gais y 15 lesbianas. Los datos se analizaron de forma descriptiva y comparando ambos grupos respecto a cada variable, a través de la prueba T de Student. Resultados:Respecto al afrontamiento y al soporte social no se encuentra diferencia significativa, mostrando ambos grupos estrategias de afrontamiento para resolver problemas. En cuanto al soporte social se encontraron diferencias significativas en dos ítems: "obtuve apoyo emocional de familiares que no viven en casa", y "tuve ayuda económica o de información de mi pareja en relación a la situación", y tanto lesbianas como gais encuentran mayor soporte social en amistades. Conclusiones:Hombres y mujeres tienen una consideración negativa de la homosexualidad, incluso aquellos que se reconocen como homosexuales; además, tanto gais como lesbianas encuentran mayor soporte fuera de la familia y concretamente en amistades. Por ello, en un inicio la revelación de la propia homosexualidad no suelen hacerla a la familia. Resulta necesario un proceso de reorganización del individuo, así como de la familia y del grupo social a fin de modificar la consideración negativa a priori dominante acerca de la homosexualidad.Palabras Clave: gay, lesbiana, revelación, familia, afrontamiento, soporte social. AbstractObjective: This paper is the result of a research whose purpose is related to gays and lesbian's self-perception and their coping effects and social support after having revealed their homosexuality to their families. , 2009; 2013) was used to measure these variables. 30 individuals were sampled as follows: 15 gays and 15 lesbians. The data analysis was descriptive, where both groups for each variable were compared; Student's T test was used. Method: Variables such as Psychosocial Assessment of Vital Events Battery (Cantú y Álvarez Results:In relation with gays and lesbians' coping support, there is no significant differen...

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Turkish Family Members’ Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men

Cited by 39 publications

References 37 publications

Relationships Between Religiosity Level and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Among Turkish University Students

Relationships Between Religiosity Level and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Among Turkish University Students

Examination of Students’ Attitudes Toward Homosexual Athletes—A Case Study of Sports Sciences Faculty of Uludağ University

Efectos en el afrontamiento y soporte social ante la revelación de la homosexualidad a la familia: estudio comparativo en gais y lesbianas

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