Diskuze v psychologii 2021, 3(2):86-96 | DOI: 10.5507/dvp.2021.006

Homonegativity, binegativity and transnegativity in the context of sexual identification and gender among slovak adolescents

Daniel Lenghart, Marcela Verešová
Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Katedra pedagogickej a školskej psychológie, Dražovská 4, 949 74 Nitra, SR

The primary goal of our research is to analyse differences in the components of homonegativity, binegativity and transnegativity (HBT) and selected HBT factors (peer pressure characteristics, unsubstantiated myths and claims about HBT) in Slovak adolescents due to their sexual identification and gender. The secondary goal is to identify the relationship between research variables. As research methods, we used our modified version of The Homophobia Scale (Wright, Adams, & Bernat, 1999); the modified version of The Perceived Peer Pressure Scale (Palani & Mani, 2016) and the author's scale of Myths and Unsubstantiated Claims about the LGBT+ Minority. The research ensemble consisted of 209 adolescents of Slovak nationality; 148 were identified as heterosexual and 61 identified as LGBT+. The analysis showed significant differences in almost all research variables in the direction of higher values in the heterosexually identified adolescent population, and we did not find a significant difference in resistance to peer pressure. We noted significant statistical gender differences in heterosexually identified adolescents, where men achieved significantly higher scores across all components of homonegativity, binegativity and transnegativity compared to the female population. We also identified a significant relationship between cognitive, emotional and behavioural components of homonegativity, binegativity and transnegativity. We found that LGBT+ identified adolescents are significantly more sensitive to peer pressure (including benefits from peer group membership) compared to heterosexual identified adolescents.

Keywords: adolescents, homonegativity, binegativity, transnegativity, cognitive component of HBT, emotional component of HBT, behavioural component of HBT, peer pressure, unsubstantiated myths and claims about HBT

Received: January 10, 2021; Revised: August 27, 2021; Accepted: September 17, 2021; Prepublished online: December 31, 2021; Published: March 22, 2023  Show citation

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Lenghart D, Verešová M. Homonegativity, binegativity and transnegativity in the context of sexual identification and gender among slovak adolescents. Diskuze v psychologii. 2021;3(2):86-96. doi: 10.5507/dvp.2021.006.
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