Análisis de la homofobia en el entorno universitario madrileño

Elena Gismero González; Sara Ben-Bouchhta del Viejo; Lucía San Miguel Flores

Authors

Elena Gismero González Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Sara Ben-Bouchhta del Viejo
Lucía San Miguel Flores

Keywords:

Attitudes toward homosexuality, homophobia, university students, homophobia scale.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a measure of attitudes toward homosexual people (homophobic scale, EH), and to analyses a sample of university students in Madrid (N=299), comparing them with a sample of older adult people (N=121). Results show that most students have not very high levels of homophobia, and homophobia is significantly higher between: males, older people, those who haven’t known homosexual people, the “believers”, dogmatic people, sexist people, and right-wing people. The homophobic scale EH offers good reliability and also good discriminating capacity.

Author Biography

Elena Gismero González, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

El objetivo de este estudio es desarrollar una medida de las actitudes hacia los homosexuales (Escala de Homofobia, EH), y analizar una muestra de universitarios de Madrid (n=299), comparándola con un grupo de adultos de más edad (n=121). Los resultados indican que la mayoría de los universitarios no tienen niveles muy elevados de homofobia, siendo esta mayor entre los varones, quienes tienen más edad, no han tratado con homosexuales, se definen como creyentes, los más dogmáticos, sexistas, y aquellos con orientación política «de derechas». La EH muestra buena consistencia interna y capacidad discriminativa.

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