Abstract
Transgender people suffer from others’ negative attitudes in many situations. The university context is one environment where further progress has to be made to ensure the inclusion of transgender people. In this study, a sample of 376 undergraduate students was collected and their attitudes towards transgender people were analyzed. A comparison was made between number of years in university, and a sample from the general public. In addition, comparisons were made by gender, since the literature shows more negative attitudes toward transgender people in men than in women. The results show relatively positive attitudes toward transgender people among higher education students, but they have little knowledge of transgender identity. In turn, researchers found significant differences between different years in the university and between genders. These results support the need to expand knowledge about transgender people in the university environment.
Department(s)
Counseling, Leadership and Special Education
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072374
Rights Information
© 2020 The authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords
Discrimination, Education, Transgender, University
Publication Date
4-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Ozamiz-Etxebarria, Naiara, Maitane Picaza, Eneritz Jiménez-Etxebarria, and Jeffrey HD Cornelius-White. "Measuring discrimination against transgender people at the University of the Basque Country and in a non-University sample in Spain." International journal of environmental research and public health 17, no. 7 (2020): 2374.
Journal Title
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
