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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Print version ISSN 1814-5469On-line version ISSN 2308-0531
Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. vol.21 no.4 Lima Oct./Dec. 2021
http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v21i4.3817
Original article
Relationship between the approval of the adoption of children by homosexuals and the attitude towards homosexuality among medical students and graduates
1Research Group “Educación Médica”. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
Introduction:
Due to changes in the composition of the family and society, the adoption of children by homosexuals is becoming more frequent. It has been found that opposition to this request is often associated with homophobia. In Peru, no studies exist on these aspects.
Objective:
To determine the correlation between adoption approval and attitude towards homosexuality in medical students and graduates, Lima, Peru. Method: The observational and cross-sectional study was carried out. 205 people over 21 years of age participated. The Attitude Toward Homosexuality Scale (EAH-10) and the question “Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children like heterosexual couples?” were used. The relationships were made with the Pearson (r) and Spearman (rs) correlation coefficient.
Results:
Quantitatively, a negative and significant correlation was found between the response with the attitude towards homosexuality (r = -0,727; rs = -0,718) and a positive and significant correlation with the number of homosexual friends (r = 0,402; rs = 0,399). 57,6% indicated approval of the question posed. Greater intolerance attitudes were found in men than in women (r = 0,328; p = 0,000). A multiple linear regression model showed that attitude towards homosexuality, sex, and number of homosexual friends are good predictors of acceptance of homosexual adoption.
Conclusion:
The response was significantly correlated with attitudes of homophobia and with the number of homosexual friends. Furthermore, homophobic attitudes were higher in men.
Keywords: Homosexuality; Adoption; Homophobia; Medicine students; Peru. (Source: MeSH NLM).
INTRODUCTION
Adoption by homosexual couples is a controversial topic in multiple countries and causes intense and antagonistic reactions. The adoption request by these couples has been more frequent over the years due to changes in the composition of families, as well as the society in which it is developed, and, nowadays, it is evident that its ways have changed and do not adjust to the classical family model1-3. The development of biotechnology has influenced the appearance of these changes4. Furthermore, the parental capabilities have been debated and the possible psychosocial effects in children raised in the same home by non-heterosexual parents. The majority of studies have shown similar effects with respect to this form of parenting, others with negative results and in some positive effects5-8. On the other hand, part of the opposition in the adoption by homosexuals has heterosexism or traditional heterocentrism as its base which suggests that the only form of admissible families is the model of Greco-Latin and Judeo-Christian tradition9. We know the way of becoming parents has changed over time in accordance with social and technological adjustments. However, the purpose of parenthood has remained untouched, which is based on nurturing children with necessary affection, and, therefore, allow that they be completely prepared to function in society as adults10. Currently, sexual prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion against homosexuals exists in various forms in different social classes. Therefore, the mentioned heterosexism, homophobic fears, oppression, and general stigma, which surround homosexuals who choose to adopt children, are relevant contemporary issues in several countries because these factors tend to hinder said decision11,12. Literature on adoption rights refers that the protection of abandoned childhood represents the greatest interest, and this should guide the decisions on this issue13. Multiple studies, foreign and national, in students and health professionals have shown important percentages on attitudes of intolerance towards homosexuality14-17. This is a reason for concern because doctors, among other professionals, have the responsibility, when the authority requires it, of establishing the physical and mental adequacy of the adopter18. Also, many people are prone to express disagreement beforehand regarding the adoption of minors by homosexuals and this could be related to some form of homophobia10as was evidenced in a study performed in Colombia among medical students9.
In Peru, sexual minorities, characterized by high conservatism, exist in which the right to a homosexual partnership or marriage have not been acknowledged and neither has the adoption of children by same, given that a large sector of the population, fundamentally religious, rejects these applications19. It is known that their rights have been accepted in several countries, globally and regionally, in accordance with literature that refers significant differences do not exist in the parenting of children by heterosexual or homosexual couples, and that the conditions described in some studies are due to external causes, such as social stereotypes and prejudice, derived from the relationships with the community prior to those within the family20-22. The general objective of our study was to determine the correlation between acceptance of adoption with the attitude towards homosexuality, and as secondary objectives, the frequency of adoption acceptance, relationships between the first two mentioned variables with the religious attitude and some sociodemographic variables.
METHOD
Study design and population
An observational, cross-sectional and analytic study was performed. The population was made-up of students (6th and 7th year) and graduates with/without SERUMS (Rural and Urban Marginal Health Service), denominating graduates non-serumistas and serumistas, from the medical school Escuela de Medicina Humana de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), located in Lima, Peru.
Sample and sampling
A probabilistic sampling was performed. Due to social confinement reasons from the emergency health situation, the statistic formula for the finite population of 600 people was used, with a confidence level of 92% and a margin of error of 5%. Through our simple random sample, 204 people were calculated.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
The students that were taking the complete curriculum from the 2020 academic year were included, for the school years mentioned, from the Escuela de Medicina Humana de la UNMSM and students or graduated that accepted their participation (described digitally at the beginning of the survey). The students in other academic years and the doctors that had completed the SERUMS were excluded. The collected sample was made up of 206 surveyed students and graduates (a survey was filled out incompletely which was eliminated). Finally, the sample was made up of 205 participants.
Instruments and materials
The survey was structured in the following manner:
Sociodemographic data
Sex, age, “do you practice a religion?” and number of known close people that are homosexuals (homosexual friends).
Attitude towards Homosexuality Scale with ten reactants (EAH-10)
Made-up of 10 items with the option of Likert answer (1, totally in disagreement to 5, totally in agreement). The total score ranges from 10 to 50. It was considered as Tolerant attitude (≤ 18 points), Indifferent19-27, and Intolerant or homophobic (≥ 28 points)15. In a sample of 400 Mexican students, a high internal consistency was calculated (alfa de Cronbach = 0,87)23.
Francis brief scale on attitude towards Christianity (Francis-5)
This scale quantifies the attitude on religion, and a pattern of polytomous Likert-type answers with five answer options were presented, from “completely disagree” to “completely agree”. Each answer receives zero and four, respectively. The total score is between 0 and 20, the higher the score obtained, the more positive attitude towards Christianity24. In a sample of 365 Colombian medical students, we found a high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0. 96)25.
Question: “Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children same as heterosexual couples?” from the Attitude towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG) with five Likert-type answer options (1, totally disagree to 5, totally agree)26.
Procedures
Once the project by the Escuela Académica de Medicina and the Comité de Ética de Investigación was approved, we contacted the current general delegates from 4 years (6th, 7th, graduate non-serumista and graduate serumista), requesting their support by posting the survey in virtual official groups in WhatsApp or Facebook for each year. A survey was developed using a virtual tool Google Forms to fill out online between the months of June and July, putting the informed consent before the beginning of its development. The registered data were sent and registered in the Microsoft Excel 2019 version software.
Data analysis
The data obtained was analyzed with the statistical program IBM-SPSS version 25 and Stata 16.2. A descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analysis was performed. Frequencies, percentages, median and standard deviation (SD) were found for quantitative variables and proportions for qualitative variables. We compared the median and SD for individual groups with the Student t-test. The bivariate correlations were carried out with the Pearson (r) and Spearman (rs) coefficients for the parametric and non-parametric numerical variables, respectively. A significant correlation was established with the values greater than 0.300 and probabilities (p) lower than 0.059. The multivariate analysis was performed with a multiple linear regression model. The confidence for both scales was evaluated with the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient (α).
RESULTS
Of 205 people that participated, among students and graduates, there is a similar quantity among women and men. With respect to age, 73.6% (n = 151) are between 24 and 30 years of age, in relation to those who know someone homosexual, the majority 44.4% (n = 91) refer that know between one and two homosexuals. The other sociodemographic data can be observed inTable 1.
With Francis brief scale, we obtained a total score between 0 and 20, a median of 11.78 (DE = 6,977) and Cronbach’s alpha of 0.984 with CI 92% (0.98129639 - 0.98391649). With the scale of attitude towards homosexuality, the scores varied between 10 and 50, the median was 18.03 (DE = 7,920), and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.906 with CI 92% (0.89181046 - 0.90605005). 13,2% (n = 27), 25,4% (n = 52) and 61,5% (n = 126) showed scores for homophobic, indifferent and tolerant attitude, respectively. The sample’s capacity was calculated from the Pearson coefficients for both scales (EAH-10 and Francis-5), whose powers surpassed 99.9%, since 40 and 142 surveyed, respectively, was enough. Regarding the question “Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children same as heterosexual couples?”, 57,6% (n = 118) indicated approval (between agree and very much agree) to the possibility of adoption. The other answer percentages are shown inTable 2.
With the Student t-test in relation to sex, the median and standard deviations were compared for both scales (EAH and Francis Scale), whose results were significant, which are shown onTable 3. With respect to correlations between dependent variables (adoption approval and attitude towards homosexuality) and the independent variables, a significant negative correlation was evidenced between the answer on attitude towards homosexuality (r = - 0,727; p = 0,000) and a significant positive correlation with the number of homosexual friends (r = 0,402; p = 0,000). The attitude on homosexuality analysis was significantly correlated with sex (r = 0,328; p = 0,000) and with the number of homosexual friends (r = - 0,351; p = 0,000). The other correlation results were evidenced inTable 4.
Now, if we consider the result of the multiple linear regression model, the acceptance of homosexual adoption was analyzed as a dependent variable and as independent variables were attitude towards homosexuality, sex, age, do you practice a religion?, year of study, people known as homosexuals, and attitude towards religion. The results were statistically significant to the model, except the variables: age, do you practice a religion? year of study, people known as homosexuals, and attitude towards religion. The value of the R and R squared were 0,948 and 0,899, respectively (Table 5). Likewise, taking attitude towards homosexuality as the dependent variable and sex, age, do you practice a religion?, year of study, people known as homosexuals and attitude towards religion as independent variables. The results were statistically significant to the model, except age, do you practice a religion?, year of study and attitude towards religion. The value of R y R squared were 0,429 and 0,184, respectively (Table 6).
Variables | n (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Sex | Feminine | 107 (52,2) | |
Masculine | 98 (47,8) | ||
Age | 21-23 | 30 (14,6) | |
24-26 | 78 (38,0) | ||
27-30 | 73 (35,6) | ||
>30 | 24 (11,7) | ||
Do you practice a religion? | Yes | 105 (51,2) | |
No | 100 (48,8) | ||
Year of study | 6to | 50 (24,4) | |
7mo | 43 (21,0) | ||
Graduated not serumista | 76 (37,1) | ||
Graduated serumista | 36 (17,6) | ||
People close known to be homosexuals | 0 | 51 (24,9) | |
1-2 | 91 (44,4) | ||
3-4 | 34 (16,6) | ||
≥5 | 29 (14,1) |
Answer | Feminine | Masculine | n (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Disagree very much | 6 | 17 | 23 (11,2) |
Disagree | 12 | 15 | 27 (13,2) |
Not sure | 18 | 19 | 37 (18,0) |
Agree | 29 | 30 | 59 (28,8) |
Agree very much | 42 | 17 | 59 (28,8) |
Scales | Sex | n (%) | Mean | DE | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
EAH-10 | F | 107 (52,2) | 15,55 | 6,226 | <0,001 |
M | 98 (47,8) | 20,74 | 8,679 | ||
Francis Scale | F | 107 (52,2) | 12,92 | 6,701 | 0,015 |
M | 98 (52,2) | 10,54 | 7,093 |
Correlation | r | p | rs | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Answers regarding Adoption | Sex | -0,255 | 0,000 | -0,259 | 0,000 |
Age | -0,276 | 0,000 | -0,259 | 0,000 | |
Do you practice a religion? | -0,219 | 0,002 | -0,247 | 0,000 | |
Year of study | -0,013 | 0,852 | 0,000 | 0,995 | |
Homosexual friends | 0,402 | 0,000 | 0,392 | 0,000 | |
Attitude towards homosexuality | -0,727 | 0,000 | -0,712 | 0,000 | |
Religious attitude | -0,231 | 0,001 | -0,222 | 0,001 | |
Attitude towards homosexuality | Sex | 0,328 | 0,000 | 0,350 | 0,000 |
Age | 0,222 | 0,001 | 0,236 | 0,001 | |
Do you practice a religion? | 0,149 | 0,033 | 0,218 | 0,002 | |
Year of study | -0,028 | 0,690 | 0,022 | 0,754 | |
Homosexual friends | -0,351 | 0,000 | -0,348 | 0,000 | |
Religious attitude | 0,190 | 0,006 | 0,189 | 0,007 |
Model | Unstandardized coefficients | Standardized coefficients | t | Sig. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Dev. Error | ||||
(Constant) | 0,447 | 0,215 | 2,081 | 0,039 | |
Attitude towards homosexuality | 1,393 | 0,041 | 0,884 | 34,123 | 0,000 |
Sex (masculine) | -0,220 | 0,063 | -0,083 | -3,481 | 0,001 |
Age | -0,013 | 0,039 | -0,009 | -0,340 | 0,734 |
Do you practice a religion? | 0,028 | 0,079 | 0,011 | 0,354 | 0,724 |
Year of study | 0,007 | 0,032 | 0,005 | 0,216 | 0,829 |
Homosexual attitude | 0,112 | 0,034 | 0,082 | 3,279 | 0,001 |
Attitude towards religion | -0,011 | 0,006 | -0,060 | -1,946 | 0,053 |
Dependent variable: Acceptance of homosexual adoption. Statistically significant (p < 0,05)
Model | Unstandardized coefficients | Standardized coefficients | t | Sig. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Dev. Error | ||||
(Constant) | 0,991 | 0,267 | 3,717 | 0,000 | |
Sex (masculine) | 0,385 | 0,095 | 0,269 | 4,070 | 0,000 |
Age | 0,108 | 0,058 | 0,132 | 1,871 | 0,063 |
Do you practice a religion? | 0,010 | 0,120 | 0,007 | 0,082 | 0,935 |
Year of study | -0,048 | 0,049 | -0,070 | -0,988 | 0,324 |
Homosexual friends | -0,167 | 0,050 | -0,226 | -3,338 | 0,001 |
Attitude towards religion | 0,014 | 0,009 | 0,136 | 1,561 | 0,120 |
Dependent variable: Acceptance of homosexual adoption. Statistically significant (p < 0,05)
DISCUSSION
The present research is the first study carried out in Peru that is centered on the adoption of children by homosexuals in relation to other variables. Due to the few Works regarding homosexuality in Peru, no valid scales with the Peruvian population exist. Therefore, we used the scales (EAH-10 and Francis-5) with validation performed in countries with similar sociocultural characteristics such as Mexico and Colombia. The prevalence of homophobia in our work wa 13.2% which is found below 35% found in a Peruvian study14,, but above 1-3% and 3% found in works carried out in Colombia and Mexico27,28. These differences may be explained due to the greater conservatism in Peru in relation to other29, and despite this the attitudes of intolerance have decreased. This may be due to the changes in education, greater contact with homosexuals or different forms of information that currently exist about homosexuality.
From our results, a significantly negative correlation exists between the answers to established questions and attitudes of intolerance towards homosexuality. That is to say, that the less the acceptance a greater attitude of intolerance towards homosexuals exists. This result is similar with what Campos Arias-Colombia(9)claims, in medical students, a work that associated the question regarding adoption and the attitude towards homosexuality. This may be due to what is described, that many people of different sectors of our society are prone to show disagreement a prior about adoption of children by non-heterosexuals and this could be related to some form of homophobia10, which is still institutionalized in many countries through diverse actions of the security forces such as judicial, political and religious30. These results describe that homophobic attitudes still persist in the professional judgment, which have work to be done, since, as mentioned, doctors are the qualified people to establish the integral adequacy of those that request an adoption.
57,6%, between in agreement and very much in agreement, indicated approval of the question about adoption. These results don’t have a relation with what Campos Arias-20119and Tománek-201631claim, who found in their studies that 13,5% and 32% indicated approval, respectively. This discordance may be explained since, in the younger generational groups, there exist more tolerant attitudes about union or adoption by homosexuals than in adults17,32. Said tolerance may be due to that today’s youth tends to be more connected with homosexual colleagues or have a greater openness for existing knowledge33. It has also been said that the training and current educational level taught in university centers would explain the less prejudices against homosexuality as described in a study comparing the attitudes towards homoparenthood among youth and the current knowledge in students and parents34. Furthermore, the rejection still present for adoption may be explained by the still existing fear in the population due to that the information about homoparenthood and its effects on minors is scarce and not available except to researchers and scholars interested in the topic35.
Among the last secondary objectives, we found a significant correlation between the response and the number of homosexual friends, significant correlation between homophobic attitudes and the number of homosexual friends and more intolerant attitudes in men than women against homosexuality. These results keep concordance with what Huarcaya et. Al15and other studies on health professionals36-39claim. Furthermore, in our study, we found that, although not significant, in women there is a tendency to a greater acceptance than men of adoption of children by same-sex couples (Table 2). This is in concordance with what Whatley et al40claim, that women have more favorable attitudes compared to men towards adoption. The significant relationships with the quantity of known homosexuals may be explained due to the positive experience that tends to modify the representations and prior attitudes that people have towards homosexuals41. Homophobia is more pronounced in men may be explained by the greater stigmas that men tend to have against LGBT people42. It has also been said that men tend to internalize, with greater intensity, the prohibition of homosexual deviation imposed by culture28; for example, a study carried out in three Asian cities refers that the influence of Confucianism is related with a negative perception of homosexuality43. A work even found that some men with high rates of homophobia have homosexual interests44. It seems that the attitudes of acceptance of rights for non-heterosexuals, including adoption as already mentioned, are presented in a larger extent with the level of information about them, as evidenced by Jabson et. Al(45), in doctors, and other authors16,46, in students. With the multiple linear regression analysis model proposed, we were able to find that the attitude towards homosexuality, sex, and the amount of homosexual friends directly influences in the decision for acceptance of homosexual adoption. Furthermore, according to the same model, sex and number of homosexual Friends influence in the attitude towards homosexuality.
This research had other limitations besides the ones from the methodology used. First, the limitations of social change due to the pandemic by SARS-CoV-2 effect, that may have influenced the decision to participate by considering it irrelevant to the context. Second, the research topic, due to the not yet open way of thinking towards social changes, with respect to gender identity, to express with clarity and uphold their decisions motivating controversy, may even generate a bias in the frequency of acceptance for adoption due to the abstention that some people may have in participating. Third, among those that participated we may have bias in their response due tot the self-criticism that they may have towards their own attitudes towards homosexuality. Fourth, the sample size may possibly not be large enough for the findings to be generalized. Fifth, we have to recognize that the disapproving attitude of people towards homosexuality is immersed since the historic unfolding of humanity and even more since the cultural religious conception, which is why it is not enough to explain it with the limited dimensions used in the present. Finally, future research, regarding this not greatly studied topic, would help us to increase knowledge in this area and strengthen the integral training of future doctors.
We recommend strengthening the integral training on this matter in the student population of the escuela de medicina humana de la UNMSM, in addition to expanding research about this topic on knowledge in our country.
CONCLUSION
It was determined that a significant correlation exists between the answer to the question and attitudes of intolerance towards homosexuality. 57.6% approved the adoption of children by homosexual couples. The answer was significantly correlated with the number of homosexual friends. Finally, greater homophobic attitudes were found in men than women and a significant correlation between homophobic attitudes or intolerance towards homosexuality with the number of homosexual friends.
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Received: May 10, 2021; Accepted: August 03, 2021