Gender as moderator of the relationship between sexual prejudice and religiosity
Date of Publication
2007
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology
Subject Categories
Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Defense Panel Member
Vivienne Valledor
Abstract/Summary
This study seeks to determine if there is a significant relationship and a significant difference between Catholicism and their views on homosexuality as moderated by gender. Two hundred Catholic college university students (100 males and 100 females) in Metro Manila were asked to answer a modified Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men questionnaire with a 9-point scale, which measured their sexual prejudice toward homosexuality. They also answered a religiosity scale that consists of four constructs, namely Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale, Beliefs Scale, Private Religious Practices Scale, and Organizational Religiousness Scale, which measured the respondents' religiosity. Results indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between religiosity and sexual prejudice. Results also show that there are no significant differences between the sexual prejudice of people with different levels of religiosity. In addition, attitudes towards homosexuals were not found to be significantly different between males and females. Lastly, the analysis of variance indicated that while gender does not predict whether prejudicial attitudes lean towards the positive or negative extremity of sexual prejudice towards gays and lesbians, results however, may vary depending upon one's gender.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU14032
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
vii, 90 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church; Catholic gays--Philippines; Religiousness--Philippines; Homosexuality--Philippines
Recommended Citation
De Erquiaga, Y., Initorio, I. B., & Silayan, M. E. (2007). Gender as moderator of the relationship between sexual prejudice and religiosity. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7948
