Correlation between homophobia and racism in medical students

Authors

  • Adalberto Campo-Arias Instituto de Investigaciones del Comportamiento Humano
  • Heidi Celina Oviedo Grupo de Investigación del Instituto de Investigación del Comportamiento Humano
  • Edwin Herazo Grupo de Investigación del Instituto de Investigación del Comportamiento Humano

Keywords:

Prejuicio, racismo, homofobia

Abstract

The objective of the research was to estimate the correlation between
homophobia and racism among medical students in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
It was done a cross-sectional study that included students over
18 years-old. The attitude toward homosexual people (homophobia or
sexual prejudice) was measured with the Homophobia Scale (HS); and
attitude toward Afro-Colombians (racism or race discrimination), with
a Spanish version of Modern Racism Scale (MRS). Authors computed
the association homophobia and racism using Pearson (r) and Spearman
(rs) coefficients. A group of 334 students accepted to participate.
Mean age was 20.1 years (SD=1.9); 59.0 % were women. Cronbach alpha
was 0.78 for HS; and 0.62 for MRS. HS scores were between 7 and 34
(Mean=17.8, SD=5.4); and MRS scores between 0 and 34 (Mean=13.8;
SD=5.2). Coefficient r was 0.35 (p<0.001), and coefficient rs, 0.34
(p<0.001). As conclusion, there is a positive correlation between these
ways of prejudice (homophobia and racism) among Colombian medical
students. Intervention is needed to reduce prejudices in medical students.

Author Biographies

  • Adalberto Campo-Arias, Instituto de Investigaciones del Comportamiento Humano
    Medico psiquiatra, Epidemiologo, Magister en salud sexual y reproductiva. Grupo de Investigacion del Comportamiento Humano, Director de Investigaciones y Publicaciones del Instituto de Investigacion del Comportamiento Humano, Bogota, COLOMBIA.
  • Heidi Celina Oviedo, Grupo de Investigación del Instituto de Investigación del Comportamiento Humano
    Medica, psiquiatra, magister (e) en E-learning, profesora asociada, Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga, UNAB, Colombia.
  • Edwin Herazo, Grupo de Investigación del Instituto de Investigación del Comportamiento Humano
    Medico psiquiatra, Magister en bioética, PhD (c) en salud pública de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigacion del Comportamiento Humano, Director de Investigacion del Comportamiento Humano, Bogota, COLOMBIA.

Published

2014-01-29

Issue

Section

Artículos

How to Cite

Correlation between homophobia and racism in medical students. (2014). Psicología desde El Caribe, 25-37. https://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/psicologia/article/view/5331

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