Adaptation of the implicit and explicit homophobia scale to the Brazilian context

The great number of aggressive attitudes and discriminatory behavior reported toward homosexuals has been widely discussed. Recent studies have shown that the prejudice has changed, becoming more subtle. However, the researches that try to emphasize this change in relation to the prejudice toward th...

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Autores: Marinho, Carla de A., Marques, Ethyenny F. M., Almeida, Daniela R. de, Menezes, Anderson R. B. de, Guerra, Valeschka M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/6202
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/paideia/article/view/6202
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Homofobia Explícita
Homofobia Implícita
Validação
Preconceito
Explicit homophobia
Implicit homophobia
Validation
Prejudice
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Sumario:The great number of aggressive attitudes and discriminatory behavior reported toward homosexuals has been widely discussed. Recent studies have shown that the prejudice has changed, becoming more subtle. However, the researches that try to emphasize this change in relation to the prejudice toward these minority groups are insufficient. Therefore, this study aimed at adapting the Explicit and Implicit Homophobia Scale to the Brazilian context. A sample of 231 university students participated in this research, ages varying from 17 to 55 years old (M = 24.0; SD = 5.38), mostly males (51.5%). They have answered the above-mentioned scale as well as socio-demographic questions. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the bi-factorial structure of the instrument. The measure has also presented a satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha = .87).