Modern prejudice and readiness to engage in positive and negative behaviours towards homosexual persons

Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati razlike u izraženosti modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama s obzirom na rod, dob, religioznost, obrazovanje i političku opredjeljenost. Dodatni cilj bio je ispitati povezanost između modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama i namjera negativnog i pozitivnog ponašanja prema homoseksualnim osobama. U online istraživanju sudjelovalo je 997 heteroseksualnih ispitanika. Primijenjeni upitnik sadržavao je sociodemografske podatke, Skalu modernih predrasuda, Skalu sklonosti diskriminaciji homoseksualnih osoba te Skalu spremnosti na ponašanja usmjerena na poboljšanje statusa homoseksualnih osoba u društvu. Rezultati su pokazali da više modernih predrasuda iskazuju muškarci, mlađe, religioznije i niže obrazovane osobe te one desnijeg političkog opredjeljenja. Statistički značajnom pokazala se pozitivna povezanost modernih predrasuda i namjere negativnog ponašanja prema homoseksualnim osobama. Povezanost modernih predrasuda i namjere pozitivnog ponašanja prema homoseksualnim osobama pokazala se negativnom i statistički značajnom. Osobe s izraženijim modernim predrasudama prema homoseksualnim osobama sklonije su diskriminirati homoseksualne osobe te manje sklone upustiti se u ponašanja usmjerena na poboljšanje društvenog statusa homoseksualnih osoba.The purpose of the study was to examine differences in modern prejudice against homosexual persons in terms of gender, age, religiosity, education and political orientation. An additional aim was to examine the correlation between modern prejudice against homosexual persons and the intention to behave in a negative and a positive manner towards homosexual persons. 997 exclusively heterosexual persons participated in this study. The applied questionnaire contained socio-demographic data, the Modern prejudice against homosexuals scale, the Propensity to discriminate against homosexuals scale, and the Propensity to improve the status of homosexuals in society scale. Results show that men, younger persons, more religious persons, persons with low education and politically conservative persons express more modern prejudice against homosexual persons. The correlation between modern prejudice and the intention to behave in a negative manner towards homosexual persons is positive and statistically significant. The correlation between modern prejudice and the intention to behave in a positive manner towards homosexual persons is negative and statistically significant. Persons with higher levels of modern prejudice against homosexuals are more likely to discriminate against homosexual persons and less likely to engage in behaviors aimed at improving the social status of homosexual persons