Omofobia. Origine, conseguenze e prevenzione. Una rassegna della letteratura

Titolo Rivista PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE
Autori/Curatori Alessandra Salerno, Monica Tosto, Giuseppe Scozzari
Anno di pubblicazione 2019 Fascicolo 2019/2 Lingua Italiano
Numero pagine 23 P. 5-27 Dimensione file 325 KB
DOI 10.3280/PDS2019-002001
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Attualmente, le discriminazioni contro le minoranze sessuali sono oggetto di particolare at-tenzione, sia nel campo della psicologia della salute che all’interno del più ampio contesto so-ciale. Gli episodi di discriminazione e di omofobia sono in aumento, così come le considera-zioni scientifiche ed etiche riguardo alle caratteristiche della diversità sessuale, richiedendo un’analisi delle loro cause e conseguenze. Questo articolo si propone di realizzare un’analisi dell’omofobia, attraverso una review della letteratura più recente riguardante le circostanze e i tratti di personalità delle persone omo-fobiche così come le condizioni di salute correlate ai fenomeni omofobici ed eterosessisti. Dall’analisi svolta è possibile ipotizzare che il comportamento omofobico celi una soffe-renza più profonda che l’individuo non è in grado di esprimere altrimenti e come, quindi, sia necessaria un’analisi più dettagliata sull’argomento e come sia essenziale incoraggiare iniziati-ve che possano agire preventivamente sull’instaurazione di comportamenti intolleranti e di-scriminatori.;

Keywords:Omofobia, omofobia interiorizzata, omofobia+aspetti psicologici, omofo-bia+salute mentale

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Alessandra Salerno, Monica Tosto, Giuseppe Scozzari, Omofobia. Origine, conseguenze e prevenzione. Una rassegna della letteratura in "PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE" 2/2019, pp 5-27, DOI: 10.3280/PDS2019-002001