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Research published in the Journal of Homosexuality has investigated how a person’s and a country’s religious orientation can influence their view of homosexuality, and can affect one’s level of homonegativity — which can be defined as “an aversion to homosexuality as a social practice or way of life.”
The necessity for research stems from data collected by the World Values Survey, which discovered a decrease in negative views towards homosexual behavior in western cultures. However, this decrease in homonegativity is not universal to all countries. For example, Eastern cultures such as China have demonstrated the same levels for several years.
“This high level of cross-country variance leads us to the fundamental question: How can the varying degrees of homonegativity be explained? In focusing primarily on religion and religiosity as determinants of homonegativity, this article takes a specific perspective, while well-known determinants of homonegativity such as age or education are controlled for,” researchers Sebastian Jackle and George Wenzelberger wrote in their study.
The study examined 79 countries and assessed their homonegativity in relation to religiosity. The researchers took into account participants’ reports on whether they believe themselves to be religious or not, how much of an influencing factor God is in their life, and the characteristics of both the individual participants and the country itself in relation to its current and past political positioning.
Read more here. (PsyPost)
The necessity for research stems from data collected by the World Values Survey, which discovered a decrease in negative views towards homosexual behavior in western cultures. However, this decrease in homonegativity is not universal to all countries. For example, Eastern cultures such as China have demonstrated the same levels for several years.
“This high level of cross-country variance leads us to the fundamental question: How can the varying degrees of homonegativity be explained? In focusing primarily on religion and religiosity as determinants of homonegativity, this article takes a specific perspective, while well-known determinants of homonegativity such as age or education are controlled for,” researchers Sebastian Jackle and George Wenzelberger wrote in their study.
The study examined 79 countries and assessed their homonegativity in relation to religiosity. The researchers took into account participants’ reports on whether they believe themselves to be religious or not, how much of an influencing factor God is in their life, and the characteristics of both the individual participants and the country itself in relation to its current and past political positioning.
Read more here. (PsyPost)