Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: a Cross Cultural Analysis of Predictors

1988/03/01 by Larry Jensen, David Gambles, Joe Olsen +1 · 29 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Demographics #Demography #Homosexuality #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Law #Male Homosexuality #Medicine #Men who have sex with men #Political science #Politics #Psychoanalysis #Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1177/002076408803400107

published in International Journal of Social Psychiatry 34(1), 47-57 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

An accepting attitude toward homosexuality was studied in Spain, England, and Germany using samples of 2160, 1167, and 1296 respectively rendering a total sample size of 4623. A multiple regression analysis was used to demonstrate that approval of homosexuality could be predicted from basic demographics, family background, religious and political values. A causal model is introduced with demographic and family variables thought to first influence religion and political values and that these values would then directly impact on the acceptance of the belief that homosexuality can be justified.

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