Abstract

CAMPO-ARIAS, Adalberto; CELINA OVIEDO, Heidi  and  HERAZO, Edwin. Correlation between homophobia and racism in medical students. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2014, vol.31, n.1, pp.25-37. ISSN 0123-417X.

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 Spear-man (rs) coefficients. A group of 334 students accepted to particípate. 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.

Keywords : Prejudice; racism; homophobia; medical students; cross-sectional studies.

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