Comprehensive Sexuality Education Improves Primary Students' Explicit and Implicit Attitudes Toward Homosexuality. Issue 3 (3rd July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hong, Li; He, Xiangyu; Xue, Lian; Guo, Lingfeng; Liu, Wenli
• Is Part Of: International journal of sexual health. Volume 34:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 503
• Page End: 520
• Publication Date: 2022-07-03
• Subjects: Comprehensive sexuality education -- homosexuality -- explicit attitude -- implicit attitude -- SC-IAT; Sex (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Gender identity -- Periodicals; Sexual Behavior -- Periodicals; Sexual health -- Periodicals; 155.3
• DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2022.2067282
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1931-7611

Abstract

Abstract: Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a curriculum-based process that is inclusive to gender and sexual orientation. We used the attitude toward homosexuality scale and the single category implicit association test (SC-IAT) to measure differences between explicit and implicit attitudes toward homosexuality between migrant children with 6 years CSE learning experience (experimental group, N = 70) and those without (control group, N = 80). We found that the experimental group had more positive explicit and implicit attitudes toward homosexuality than the control group. In conclusion, CSE is a useful process for improving the explicit and implicit attitudes of migrant children toward homosexuality.