Teenage attitudes towards sexual diversity in Spain

Abstract

We conducted a study of homophobia among Spanish school students as perceived and expressed in three different contexts: education, the family and social. A survey on adolescence and sexual diversity was administered to 128 tenth-grade students in their 4th year of secondary school in Castellón, Spain. A descriptive approach was taken to survey design and analysis. Frequencies, percentages and Student’s t-tests were conducted to analyse differences by gender. Results reveal relatively high levels of homophobic attitudes and the clear need for intervention at the educational level