POLITICAL LEANINGS AND ATTITUDES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALITY

Yannis Georgiou, Nikolaos Patsantaras, Irene Kamberidou, Aggeliki Fotiou

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/FUPES191130047G
First page
531
Last page
537

Abstract


The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes of students of the School of Physical Education and Sports Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens towards homosexuality in relation to their political leanings. The sample consisted of 557 undergraduate students. The Greek version of Herek’s (1994) Attitudes towards Lesbians and Gay Men (ATLG) scale is used in this study with two factors, one for male homosexuality and one for female. The independent variables surveyed were gender, age, sexual orientation, and political leanings. A univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc Scheffe test were used wherever it was needed, for the detection of significant statistical differences between the three levels of the political leaning factor. The analysis of the results showed that political leanings influence attitudes towards homosexuality: left-wing oriented students showing greater acceptance of homosexuality; right-wing students more negative attitudes; students oriented towards the center displaying more moderate attitudes, ranging between those of the right-wing and left-wing.


Keywords

Homosexuality, Homophobia, Discrimination, Sports

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