The Effect of Sexual Minority Awareness Education on the Level of Knowledge and Attitude Towards LGBT Individuals
- Conditions
- AttitudeSexual and Gender Minorities
- Interventions
- Behavioral: sexual minority awareness training
- Registration Number
- NCT05258084
- Lead Sponsor
- İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi
- Brief Summary
Purpose:This research was planned to determine the effect of the sexual minority awareness training program given to nursing students on the level of knowledge and attitude towards LGBT individuals.
Design:The study was planned as an experimental study with a randomized control group, using pre-test, post-test and follow-up test. LGBT Ally Identity Measure, Attitude Towards Lesbians and Gays Scale, Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale will be used as data collection forms.
Hypotheses:
H1: The LGBT Ally Identity Measure scores of students who receive sexual minority awareness training will increase after the training
H2: The LGBT Ally Identity Measure scores of students receiving sexual minority awareness training will increase compared to the control group.
H3: Attitude Towards Lesbians and Gays scale scores of students who receive sexual minority awareness training will increase after the training
H4: Attitude Towards Lesbians and Gays scale scores of students who receive sexual minority awareness training will increase compared to the control group.
H5: Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale scores of students who receive sexual minority awareness training will increase after the training
H6: Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale scores of students who receive sexual minority awareness training will increase compared to the control group.
- Detailed Description
This research was planned to determine the effect of the sexual minority awareness training program given to nursing students on the level of knowledge and attitude towards LGBT individuals.
The study was planned as an experimental study with a randomized control group, using pre-test, post-test and follow-up test. LGBT Ally Identity Measure, Attitude Towards Lesbians and Gays Scale, Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale will be used as data collection forms.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 86
- Be a student of the faculty of nursing
- No barriers to accessing technology for participation in the online training program
- Absence of a communication barrier related to vision and hearing
- leaving the nursing faculty for various reasons
- have received training on sexual minorities
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description initiative group sexual minority awareness training 1st and 2nd year nursing students who have not received education for sexual minorities before and continue their education at a university. Sexual minority awareness training will be applied to this group
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Attitude Towards Lesbians and Gays Scale Change of Attitude Towards Lesbians and Gays Scale score after 2 months It is a five-point Likert-type measurement tool consisting of 10 items.Individuals are asked to express their opinions in five levels: "I strongly disagree", "I do not agree", "I am undecided", "I agree" and "I totally agree".Six of the items against homosexuality have negative meanings and four have positive meanings. While scoring positive items, the answer "I totally agree" is scored with "5" and the answer "I strongly disagree" with "1". In scoring negative items, the answer "I strongly disagree" is scored with "5" and the answer "I totally agree" with "1". The lowest 10 points and the highest 50 points can be obtained from the scale; higher scores indicate positive attitudes towards homosexuality; low scores mean negative attitudes.
LGBT Ally Identity Measure Change of LGBT Ally Identity Measure score after 2 months It consists of 19 items.The scale was developed to measure awareness of the subjective experiences of these individuals and the problems they experience in society, focusing on more than measuring the attitudes and knowledge levels towards individuals belonging to sexual minorities.It is in a five-point Likert type, ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". The total score range of the scale varies between 19-95. A high score on the scale is an indication of high supportive identity characteristics.
Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale Change of Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale score after 2 months The scale is a five-point Likert type scale consisting of 20 items in total. Each item of the scale can be answered as "strongly agree", "agree", undecided", "disagree" and "strongly disagree". Items 1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 in the scale are scored inversely. As the score obtained from the scale increases, positive attitudes towards transgender individuals increase.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University
🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey