Prejudice against Homosexuality and Locus of Control

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between prejudice against homosexuality,internal-external locus of control, sex differences and social contact. A total of 198 university studentsfrom various Turkish universities participated in this study. The mean age of the participants was 21.14(SD = 2.38). The participants filled Hudson and Ricketts’ 25-item Attitudes toward Homosexuality Scale,Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, and demographic variables including sex differences, socialcontact and age. The prejudice against homosexuality were only correlated with the sub-factors of externallocus of control namely belief in fate, meaninglessness of effortfulness, and belief in chance. The performedANOVA presented that the main effects of the level of external locus of control, sex differences, and socialcontact were only statistically significant, but there were no interactions between them. Regression analysisshowed that belief in fate was the only significant predictor of the prejudice against homosexuality

Keywords

• homosexuality, prejudice, internal-external locus of control, social contact, and sex differences

Prejudice against Homosexuality and Locus of Control

Abstract

Bu çalıflmanın amacı eflcinselli¤e iliflkin önyargılı tutumlar ile içsel-dıflsal kontrol oda¤ı, cinsiyet far- kı ve sosyal temas arasındaki iliflkiyi arafltırmaktır. Türkiye’deki çeflitli üniversitelerden 198 ö¤renci bu ça- lıflmaya katılmıfltır. Katılımcıların yafl ortalaması 21.14 (SS = 2.38) de¤erindedir. Katılımcılar Hudson ve Ricketts’ın 25 maddelik Eflcinselli¤e iliflkin Tutumlar Ölçe¤i, ‹ç-dıfl Kontrol Oda¤ı Ölçe¤i ve cinsiyet, sos- yal temas ve yaflı içeren demografik bilgi fromunu doldurmufllardır. Eflcinselli¤e iliflkin önyargılı tutumlar sadece dıfl kontrol oda¤ının kadere inanç, çabanın anlamsızlı¤ı ve flansa inanç alt faktörleri ile korelayon göstermifltir. ANOVA sonucuna göre, dıfl kontrol oda¤ı, cinsiyet farkı ve sosyal temas ana etkileri istatis- tiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmufltur. Ancak, bu de¤iflkenler arası etkileflim bulunamamıfltır. Ayrıca, yapılan regresyon analizi sonucuna göre eflcinselli¤e iliflkin önyargıyı kader inanç alt unsuru anlamlı bir flekilde yordamıfltır

Keywords

• ANAHTAR KEL‹MELEReflcinsellik, önyargı, iç-dıfl kontrol oda¤ı, sosyal temas ve cinsiyet farkları

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