The Study of High School Students' Attitudes toward Homosexuality at the Chinese Independent High School in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur

• Main Authors: Leong Seau Huey, 梁曉慧
• Other Authors: Deng Chi Peng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4jxa2a

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 輔導與諮商學系所 === 101 === This research is to examine the attitudes toward homosexuality of Chinese independent high schools in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and to determine the factors that affect their attitudes. The study focuses on background factors (such as gender, grade, sexual orientation, religion, contact experiences and media experiences), psychological variables (openness to experience and gender role stereotype) and cognitive variables (knowledge of homosexuality, conflict). The research is using questionnaire that created by Man Chun Chen (2010), which is according to Worthington’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Knowledge and Attittudes Scale for Heterosexuals, and adaptation of Chen Yi Lin’s (2006) “The Questionnaire on Attitudes toward Gender of Elementary School Teachers”, and translation of openness to experience measures from Goldberg’s (2010) IPIP website. 616 questionnaires have been collected from each Chinese Independent High School in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, and the data of 613 participants are included in the research. Description statistics, one-way ANOVA, and Multiple Regressions are used to analyse the data. The research results show: 1.High school student has low level internalized affirmativeness, they show median support for civil rights of homosexual indivudals, and they reported low hate attitude towardss homosexuality. 2.Knowledge of LGB and contact will bring positive attitude and low level in hate. 3.Female student and senior student have more positive attitudes and less hate attitude towards homosexuality. 4.Student believe in western religion have less positive attitudes about homosexuality compared to those do not believe in western religion, but no significant in hate. 5.Higher score in openness and less in gender role stereotypes, have more positive attitudes toward homosexuality. 6.More awareness in conflict will bring more positive attitudes and less hate.