Correlates of attitudes toward homosexuality and intention to care for homosexual people among psychiatric nurses in southern Taiwan.
This study examined the association between attitudes toward homosexual individuals and intention to provide care and demographic and occupational factors, sexual orientation, knowledge about homosexuality, and experiences of contact with homosexual people among psychiatric nurses in southern Taiwan. In total, 133 psychiatric nurses from a medical center, three regional teaching hospitals, and one psychiatric hospital in southern Taiwan were recruited into this study. Their attitudes toward homosexual people as recorded on the Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Questionnaire, intention to provide care to homosexual individuals, and related factors were examined. The results revealed that psychiatric nurses who had a bachelor's or master's degree, higher level of knowledge about homosexuality, and friends or relatives with a homosexual orientation had a more positive attitude toward homosexuality. These psychiatric nurses, with more positive attitudes, and who worked in the medical center or regional teaching hospitals had a higher intention to care for homosexual people. The factors related to attitudes toward homosexuality and intention to care for homosexual people identified in this study should be taken into consideration when intervening in psychiatric nurses' attitudes toward homosexuality and intention to care for homosexual people.
Hou
Shu-Ying
SY
Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Pan
Shung-Mei
SM
Ko
Nai-Ying
NY
Liu
Hsiu-Chin
HC
Wu
Shu-Jung
SJ
Yang
Wen-Chiung
WC
Yang
Hsing-Hu
HH
Shieh
Shiu-Fen
SF
Chuang
Li-Yu
LY
Yen
Cheng-Fang
CF
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing