Abstract

SANTOS, José Victor de Oliveira; ARAUJO, Ludgleydson Fernandes de; CERQUEIRA-SANTOS, Elder  and  NEGREIROS, Fauston. Conservatism, political positioning, and prejudice against gay adoptive couples. Estud. psicol. (Natal) [online]. 2018, vol.23, n.1, pp. 57-66. ISSN 1413-294X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20180007.

The present research had as general objective to analyze the influence of conservatism, political positioning and sexual prejudice directed to the evaluation of couples seeking adoption. A total of 731 individuals, self-reported 39.5% men (n = 289) and 60.5% women (n = 442), ranging in age from 18 to 69 years, mean 27.6 years (SD = 8.93). The instruments were composed of scales directed to the political positioning, conservatism score, adoption among couples and sociodemographic data. The results show that the conservatism is significant associated to the evaluation of the lesbian couple and the gay couple (to a lesser extent), being not representative for the heterosexual couple. The result documented that conservatism is significantly associated with the assessment of the lesbian couple and the gay couple (to a lesser extent), and is not significant for the heterosexual couple. The leftist political orientation presented more favoritism to gay couples than the other models, the rightwing was significant for gays and lesbians. Another fact is that the more homosexual friends, the greater the favorability of gay and lesbian couples. The data serve as scope in future investigations.

Keywords : homoparental adoption; conservatism; preconception; political positioning.

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