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Psychological predictors of homophobic bullying among adolescents and young adults: The role of parental psychological control and sensation seeking
2021
AbstractWe aimed to investigate the relationship between homophobic bullying, parental psychological control and sensation seeking among adolescents and young adults and to examine the mediating role of sensation seeking. The participants included 394 adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 20 years attending the 3rd, 4th and 5th years of two public high schools in Italian cities. Participants completed the Homophobic Bullying Scale, the Dependency—oriented and Achievement—oriented Parental Psychological Control, and the Sensation—Seeking Scale. The results showed that parental psychological control predicted bullying toward gay and lesbian people. However, the two dimensions of sensation s…
Il bullismo omofobico. Caratteristiche, conseguenze e tipologie di intervento
2018
Bullying is widespread and complex; its causes are many and they need multifactorial explanatory models which take into account various interacting dimensions (individual, family, environment, school). The numerous researches on bullying have outlined the general characteristics and contexts as well as the consequences at the level of impaired development both regarding the bullies that victims. This paper aims to review the literature on a particular form of bullying, less studied, the so called homophobic bullying, in which aggression is directed toward homosexuals boys and girls and to all those who deviate from gender stereotypes, seen as a minority, so different and weaker from many po…
Homophobic bullying and preventive actions at school: from laws to gender studies in Italy
2019
The evolution of thought relating to sexual orientation and the greater visibility of gay and lesbian people, at media level also, haven’t been efficient for the revisiting of homosexual rendering from public acceptance and for a cultural transformation. The violent events on young homosexual students urge to reflect on the need that trainers should introduce educational models capable of providing different models of gender identification, fighting the stereotype that tries to substitute the reality itself. The homophobic bullying is intended as a fight to safety and well-being of young students. A multi-disciplinary and network approach seems to be for health practitioners a valid startin…