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Estudo da validação das escalas de crenças sobre a natureza da homossexualidade e de preconceito contra homossexuais
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O objectivo deste estudo foi realizar a validação factorial de escalas que medem o preconceito contra
os homossexuais e as crenças explicativas sobre a natureza da homossexualidade. O preconceito foi
avaliado com base numa medida de rejeição de proximidade com homossexuais e numa medida de
expressão de emoções positivas e negativas em relação a alvos homossexuais. Participaram 482 estudantes
portugueses de diversos cursos universitários na área de Lisboa. Com o objectivo de validar a
estrutura factorial das medidas, vários modelos foram testados recorrendo a Análises Factoriais
Confirmatórias. Os resultados obtidos confirmam a estrutura factorial da escala de crenças sobre a
natureza da homossexualidade, a qual é composta por cinco factores correlacionados: crenças
religiosas; crenças ético-morais; crenças psicológicas; crenças biológicas; crenças psicossociais. Os
resultados também confirmam que a estrutura factorial da escala de preconceito é formada por três
factores correlacionados: expressão de emoções positivas; expressão de emoções negativas; rejeição
a relações de proximidade.
ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to validate two measures of prejudice against homosexuals as well as people’s beliefs on the nature and origins of homosexuality. On assessing prejudice, we considered both the attitudinal and the emotional expressions of prejudice. The attitudinal dimension was measured as rejection of intimacy, while the emotional dimension used positive and negative emotions regarding homosexuals. Participants were 482 Portuguese students of different universities in the Lisbon area. Several confirmatory factorial analyses were performed in order to check the scales structure for this Portuguese population. Results mostly replicated the original structure of the two instruments. Specifically, they have shown that beliefs on the nature of homosexuality were organized in five intercorrelated belief factors: religious, ethical-moral, psychological, biological and socio-psychological beliefs. Regarding the scale of prejudice against homosexuals, results showed a factorial structure with three inter-correlated factors: positive emotions, negative emotions and rejection of intimacy.
ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to validate two measures of prejudice against homosexuals as well as people’s beliefs on the nature and origins of homosexuality. On assessing prejudice, we considered both the attitudinal and the emotional expressions of prejudice. The attitudinal dimension was measured as rejection of intimacy, while the emotional dimension used positive and negative emotions regarding homosexuals. Participants were 482 Portuguese students of different universities in the Lisbon area. Several confirmatory factorial analyses were performed in order to check the scales structure for this Portuguese population. Results mostly replicated the original structure of the two instruments. Specifically, they have shown that beliefs on the nature of homosexuality were organized in five intercorrelated belief factors: religious, ethical-moral, psychological, biological and socio-psychological beliefs. Regarding the scale of prejudice against homosexuals, results showed a factorial structure with three inter-correlated factors: positive emotions, negative emotions and rejection of intimacy.
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Keywords
Crenças Emoções Homofobia Beliefs Emotions Homophobia
Citation
Laboratório de Psicologia, 7, 21-32
Publisher
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada