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Attitudes toward Transsexuality, Empathy, and Bullying in Young Population

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  • Jesús Esteban Mora

    (Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez

    (Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Juan Pedro Martínez Ramón

    (Departament of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Mare Nostrum Campus, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

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.

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  • Jesús Esteban Mora & Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez & Juan Pedro Martínez Ramón, 2022. "Attitudes toward Transsexuality, Empathy, and Bullying in Young Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:7:p:3849-:d:778291
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