Attitudes toward Transsexuality, Empathy, and Bullying in Young Population
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Attitudes Bullying Coexistence Education Empathy LGBTQ+ Transphobia Youth
Date
2022-03-24Referencia bibliográfica
Esteban Mora, J.; Morales Rodríguez, F.M.; Martínez Ramón, J.P. Attitudes toward Transsexuality, Empathy, and Bullying in Young Population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3849. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073849]
Abstract
Affective-sexual and gender diversity is an increasingly distinctive and extended reality
and should be acknowledged and respected. From a psychosocial and educational point of view, it
is appropriate to review young people’s attitudes and knowledge regarding this, relating them to
aspects such as empathy, violence, or bullying, to implement quality education in the early stages of
primary education. The main objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between empathy
levels, attitudes toward transsexuality, and bullying among Spanish university students. The sample
consisted of 247 students. Instruments were administered to evaluate negative attitudes toward
transsexual people, gender ideology, transphobia, bullying, and empathy. Inverse relationships were
found between transphobia and empathy. Regression analysis demonstrated the predictive ability of
empathy on attitudes toward transsexual people. The results of this study are expected to increase
awareness in society and encourage appropriate, satisfactory, or tolerable coexistence, in which all
individuals can be free to live and express themselves. While the results indicated that the quality of
life of transgender people has comparatively improved, there is still a long way to go.