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The mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between high school teachers’ knowledge about homosexuality and their supportive behaviours for homosexual students

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Pađen, Helena. (2018). The mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between high school teachers’ knowledge about homosexuality and their supportive behaviours for homosexual students. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology. [mentor Huić, Aleksandra].

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Abstract

The goal of this study was to examine high school teachers’ knowledge about homosexuality and determine if there is a relationship between said knowledge, self-efficacy and the frequency in which they display behaviors supportive for homosexual students. The study was conducted online on 267 participants, using a snowball method. We used the Knowledge of Homosexual Orientation Scale, the Self-efficacy in Working with Homosexual Students Scale and The Supportive Behaviors Scale.The results show that high school teachers’ knowledge about homosexual orientation is moderate. They are certain in their answers to some questions, but they also frequently tend to choose the “I don’t know” answer instead of the wrong one. Additionaly, the ones that chose to read the educational material at the end of the survey tended to have higher knowledge and less “I don’t know” answers to the questions. Furthermore, knowledge, self-efficacy and supportive behaviors are in a significant positive correlation. Teachers who demonstrated better knowledge about homoseksuality have also been more involved in supportive behaviors towards homosexual students, but that relationship is partly moderated by their greater self-efficacy .in teaching about homosexuality. These results show us that both knowledge and self-efficacy have an important role in how often high school teachers display supportive behaviors for homosexual students, who are very much in need of a social support. Limitations and practical implications are discussed.

Item Type: Diploma Thesis
Uncontrolled Keywords: homosexual orientation, knowledge about homosexuality, self-efficacy, social support, high school teachers
Subjects: Psychology > Socijalna psihologija
Departments: Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Huić, Aleksandra
Date Deposited: 29 May 2019 09:32
Last Modified: 29 May 2019 09:32
URI: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/11441

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