Effect of Nursing Students’ Human Rights Awareness and Homosexuality Knowledge on Attitude toward Homosexuality

Abstract

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the relevance and impact factors of human rights awareness and homosexuality knowledge on attitude toward homosexuality among Nursing students. Method : Data were collected from November 5, 2022 to December 20, 2022. 201 nursing students who lived in the G city were recruited. 194 among 201 questionnaires answered were used for final analysis. It was then analyzed by descriptive statistics, Independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA, pearson’s correlation and multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 21.0 Result : The participants’ human rights awareness and attitude toward homosexuality proved to have negative relationship(r＝-.50, p＜.001). The participants’ homosexuality knowledge had the positive relationship with human rights awareness(r＝.16, p＝.028). The research shows that the human rights awareness(β＝-.51, p＜.001) can determine attitude toward homosexuality to a degree of 24.6%. Conclusion : Awareness of human rights and knowledge of homosexuality are the basis for improving ethical awareness of nursing students.