title: [Assessment of psychosocial attitudes among homosexual men].
abstract: Homosexuality, though more than 20 years no longer exists in the classification of diseases as a deviation, it is still by many people seen as such behavior. The aim of the study was to assess the situation and psychosocial attitudes in the group of homosexual men.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved a group of 187 men aged 20-54 years. The study population was characterized by hiding homosexual orientation, lack of a permanent partner for more than half of them and the tendency to avoid safe sex and taking a passive role in intimate contact. In the study a questionnaire prepared by the authors was used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most respondents hid his homosexuality from others, and over half of them do not have a permanent partner. Representatives of the study group, in most cases do not prefer safe sex and in intimate contact acted as passive.
authors.affiliation: Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi, Katedra Pielegniarstwa Klinicznego.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tokarski
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Florkowski
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talarowska
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orzechowska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wierzbiński
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Łopacińska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zboralski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018907:Privacy / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012918:Social Alienation / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult