Social perception of homosexuality in Romania

The attitudes of the undergraduate nursing students towards lesbian women and gay men

“…Glick and Golden () reported similarly that the following factors led to greater negative attitudes towards gay male and lesbian female; black race, male gender, older age, lower education, lower income and a rural life. Living in a village/town or a city for a long time did not affect the ATGL in our study, although some other studies did have that finding (Antoszewski , Adela ). People from liberal cities or countries differed about their ATLG (Hooghe et al .…”

“…The average age of students in that study was 21·2 years of age; their attitudes became more positive towards lesbian women and gay men as their ages increased. Similarly, students between 14–20 years of age were more conservative than those between 20–30 years of age (Adela ).…”

“…, Yen et al . , Heinze & Horn , Adela ). Overcoming homophobia and prejudices might be possible (Heinze & Horn ) by contact with ‘diverse' people.…”

“…The study by Adela () showed that age is an important factor that affects attitudes towards gay men and lesbian women. The average age of students in that study was 21·2 years of age; their attitudes became more positive towards lesbian women and gay men as their ages increased.…”

Muslim Students and Attitudes toward Gay Men

“…Several other factors identified by researchers include concepts reproducing the social -moral bonds (Buttaro and Battle, 2012) micropanics (Guittar, 2013) secure attachment style (Jellison and McConnell, 2003) racial discrimination against the ingroup (Craig and Richeson, 2014) the direct environment (Blaauw, 2012) maternal attitudes (Oksal, 2008) the intimacy of contact (Heinze and Horn, 2009;Smith et al, 2009) levels of aversion toward homosexuals (Ncanana and Ige, 2014); educational attainment, communicating with full-fledged activists, having an ability to recognize heterosexism and maintaining a commitment to social justice (Swank and Fahs, 2013) age, educational level, religious affiliation, contact with homosexual persons (Adela, 2010) higher levels of knowledge (Alderson et al, 2009) public policy (Hooghe and Meeusen, 2013) and government institution (Henshaw, 2014).…”