Background

Research within the Italian context on the determinants of attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women is relatively poor compared with the large number of investigations carried out in other countries. Our goal is to examine Italians’ attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women, as well as the factors that encourage these perspectives. We are interested in whether socio-demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education level, and religiosity predict negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women. Another goal is to examine affectivity and sexism’s role in predicting attitudes toward homosexuality.

Methods

The study was conducted online with 1328 Italian heterosexual participants (women, 67.3%; men, 32.7%) ranging in age from 18 to 78 (women: M = 23.9, SD = 5.2; men: M = 26, SD = 8.9).

Results

The results show that men, older people, more religious people, sexists, and those who had higher negative affectivity were more predisposed to having negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women.

Conclusions

The results are discussed, while considering their practical implications for prevention and education programs focused on reducing discrimination against lesbian and gay people in Italian society today.

中文翻译：

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意大利异性恋人群样本中的性别歧视，情感状态和对待同性恋的态度之间的关系

背景

与在其他国家进行的大量调查相比，在意大利范围内对男女同性恋态度的决定因素的研究相对较差。我们的目标是研究意大利人对男同性恋和女同性恋的态度，以及鼓励这些观点的因素。我们对社会人口统计特征（例如性别，年龄，受教育程度和宗教信仰）是否预示着对男同性恋者和女同性恋者的消极态度感兴趣。另一个目标是检验情感和性别歧视在预测对同性恋态度方面的作用。

方法

这项研究是在线进行的，共有1328名意大利异性恋参与者（女性，占67.3％；男性，占32.7％），年龄从18岁到78岁（女性：M = 23.9，SD = 5.2；男性：M = 26，SD = 8.9）。

结果

结果表明，男人，老年人，更多的宗教信仰者，性别歧视者和负面情感较高的人更倾向于对男同性恋者和女同性恋者持消极态度。

结论

讨论了结果，同时考虑了它们对预防和教育计划的实际影响，这些计划旨在减少当今意大利社会对男女同性恋者的歧视。