TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterosexual attitudes to homosexuality
T2 - Homophobia at a rural Australian university.
AU - Hopwood, Max
AU - Connors, John
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services: issues in practice, policy and research. ISSNs: 1053-8720;
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This study compared attitudes towards homosexuality of 164 students from two faculties at a rural Australian university. Eighty-two percent of participants were aged from 18-24 years, 65% percent of the sample were female with 58% of participants enrolled in a humanities course and 42% in a business course. A cross-sectional design using the Heterosexual Attitudes to Homosexuals (H.A.T.H.) and Fear of HIV/AIDS questionnaires found that for the total sample the major predictors of homophobia were fear of HIV/AIDS, gender, religiosity, and academic major. Business majors were significantly more homophobic than humanities majors. The findings imply that homophobia may be prevalent among university faculties and that staff and student programs need to be implemented to address homophobia, especially among business majors and lecturers.
AB - This study compared attitudes towards homosexuality of 164 students from two faculties at a rural Australian university. Eighty-two percent of participants were aged from 18-24 years, 65% percent of the sample were female with 58% of participants enrolled in a humanities course and 42% in a business course. A cross-sectional design using the Heterosexual Attitudes to Homosexuals (H.A.T.H.) and Fear of HIV/AIDS questionnaires found that for the total sample the major predictors of homophobia were fear of HIV/AIDS, gender, religiosity, and academic major. Business majors were significantly more homophobic than humanities majors. The findings imply that homophobia may be prevalent among university faculties and that staff and student programs need to be implemented to address homophobia, especially among business majors and lecturers.
U2 - 10.1300/J041v14n02_07
DO - 10.1300/J041v14n02_07
M3 - Article
SN - 1053-8720
VL - 14
SP - 79
EP - 94
JO - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
JF - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
IS - 2
ER -
