Title:
Gender and religiosity: do these factors influence parental attitudes toward a homosexual daughter or son?
Author:
George Sabol
Committee Member:
Joanne M.G. Greer
Committee Member:
Jeannine Gramick
Committee Member:
Eileen Durgin-Clinchard
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1996
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
Previous research among the general population has indicated that males tend to be more homophobic than females and that both males and females tend to show more personal anxiety regarding a homosexual person of their same gender. Previous research has also found that people who are firm in their religious beliefs and practices tend to have more negative attitudes toward homosexual persons in general than those who take religion less seriously or who have no religious beliefs. This research project was designed to answer the question: Do the results of previous research with the general population also hold true for the parents of a homosexual child? Do fathers have more negative attitudes toward a homosexual child than mothers? Do fathers and mothers have more negative attitudes toward a homosexual child of the same gender as the parent? Do the religious beliefs and practices of the parents make a difference in their attitudes toward a homosexual child? The subjects were 270 parents of homosexual daughters or sons. They responded to a demographic survey, a parental attitude questionnaire (PATCH), and a religiosity survey (SRS). Results indicated that within this sample, neither gender nor religiosity were factors that significantly influenced parental attitudes toward a homosexual child.
Subject:
Homophobia--Sex differences
Subject:
Parents of gays
Subject:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects
Subject:
Homosexuality (Attitudes Toward)
Subject:
Parental Attitudes
Subject:
Religiosity
Subject:
Daughters
Subject:
Sons
Subject:
Human Sex Differences
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Pastoral Counseling
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Identifier:
SabolG-96
