Feldman, Eva.
(2014).
Modern prejudices among students towards gay men and lesbians.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology.
[mentor Kamenov, Željka].
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess differences in modern prejudices among students towards gay men and lesbians. These differences have been evaluated with respect to the participants' gender, religiosity, the level of education of their mothers and the level of education of their fathers and the place they were raised in. Following which we wanted to assess any correlation between modern prejudice and participants' perception of the attitude Croatian people hold towards either gay men or lesbians. The participants from the study were students from six different faculties (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Economy) from four cities in the Republic of Croatia (Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka and Split), and from Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Academy of Police and University of Applied Health Studies from Zagreb. The results show that there is a statistically significant difference in modern prejudices towards gay men and lesbians with respect to participants' gender, religiosity and the level of education of their mothers. Male participants show more modern prejudices than female participants, also religious participants hold more modern prejudices than those who are not religious. Participants whose mothers have a higher education hold less modern prejudices towards gay men and lesbians than participants with mothers of a lower level of education. Participants do not differ in their modern prejudices if the level of education of their fathers or the place they were raised in is taken into account. Lastly, a correlation between modern prejudice and participants perception of public attitudes towards gay men or lesbians has not been found, either.
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