Homophobia in heterosexual female undergraduates

One hundred eight females from a midwestern state university were administered a self-report questionnaire (Hudson & Ricketts, 1980) to measure homophobia. An additional questionnaire examined beliefs and exposure to homosexuality. Analyses indicated more positive attitudes in students working toward a psychology degree than in those students with only one course in psychology, t(106) = 4.177, p < .001. A negative correlation was found between homophobia scores and belief in a biological cause of homosexuality, r(106) = -.352, p < .01, and a positive correlation between homophobia scores and belief in a psychological cause of homosexuality, r(106) = .461, p < .01.