TY - JOUR T1 - The Relationship Between Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Gender Roles and Their Attitudes Towards Lesbian and Gay Individuals TT - Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rollerine İlişkin Tutumları ile Lezbiyen ve Gey Bireylere Yönelik Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki AU - Özkan, Filiz AU - Uslu, Sude Nur PY - 2021 DA - December Y2 - 2020 DO - 10.25279/sak.766997 JF - Health Academy Kastamonu JO - HAK PB - Esra DEMİRARSLAN WT - DergiPark SN - 2548-1010 SP - 182 EP - 194 VL - 6 IS - 3 LA - en AB - Objective: This study’s aim was conducted to reveal the relationship between the attitudes of the Nursing Department students towards gender roles and their attitudes towards lesbian and gay individuals.Materials and Methods: 1079 students studying in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade at related University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department in the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year constituted the population of the study. In the study, no sample selection was made and it was studied with 606 nursing students (Power=99.0%). The data were collected using the Socio-Demographic Data Form, the Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale-Short Version(ATLG-R), and the Gender Role Attitude Scale(GRAS). Results: It was determined that 90.3% of the participants knew the concept of gender roles. When the students were asked whether they would discriminate against LGBTs individual due to their sexual orientation/identity, 69.6% of them stated that they would not discriminate, 15% of them stated that they were undecided, and 14.8% of them stated that they would discriminate. It was concluded that the mean score of the GRAS of the participating students was 65.044±14.622, and the ATLG-R scale score were 30.533±8.454. It was found that there was a significant negative relationship between the ATLG-R scale scores and the GRAS scores (p<0.01).Conclusion: It was found that nursing students' gender role scores were low, that they exhibited traditional attitudes and that there was a negative relationship between students' gender roles and their attitudes towards lesbians and gays. KW - Gender Roles KW - Attitude towards Lesbian and Gay Individuals KW - Nursing Students N2 - Amaç: Bu çalışma Üniversitedeki Hemşirelik Bölümü öğrencilerinin toplumsal cinsiyet rollerine ilişkin tutumları ile lezbiyen ve gey bireylere yönelik tutumları arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymak amacıyla yapılmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmanın evrenini, ilgili Üniversitenin Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemşirelik Bölümü 1’inci- 4’üncü sınıflarına 2018-2019 eğitim öğretim yılı bahar yarıyılında devam eden 1079 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada örneklem seçimine gidilmeyerek 606 gönüllü öğrenciyle yapılmıştır (Güç=%99,0). Veriler Sosyo-Demografik Veri Formu, Lezbiyene Geylere Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği- Kısa Versiyon (LGBT) ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolleri Tutum Ölçeği (TCRT) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların %90.3’ünün toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri kavramını bildiği bulunmuştur. Cinsel yönelimi/kimliği nedeniyle LGBT bireyine ayrımcılık uygulayıp uygulamayacakları sorgulanan öğrencilerin %69.6’sı ayrımcılık uygulamayacağını, %15’i kararsız olduğunu ve %14.8’i ayrımcılık uygulayacağını belirtmiştir. Katılımcı öğrencilerin TCRT ölçeği puan ortalamalarının 65,044±14,22 olduğu; LGYT ölçeğinin puanları ise 30,533±8,454 olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. 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