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ABSTRACT
This study explored Greek early childhood educators’ attitudes towards same-sex marriage and same-sex parenting. It was hypothesized that participants with more negative attitudes towards same-sex parenting will have more negative attitudes towards same-sex marriage as well. The associations between these attitudes and demographic, psychological and personality variables were also examined. Two standardized scales, attitudes towards same-sex marriage scale (ATSSM) and children’s adjustment in same-sex families (SBCASSF) were used to assess the educators’ beliefs. Two hundred (200) early childhood educators participated in the study (Mage = 46.78, SD = 8.87). Results indicated that early childhood educators with more negative attitudes towards same-sex marriage were older, more experienced, highly religious, without any contact with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) individuals and had negative attitudes towards same-sex parenting. Multiple regression analysis showed that normative opposition (NO – subscale of SBCASSF) and contact with LGBTQ+ individuals were significant predictors of educators’ attitudes towards same-sex marriage. The results of this study could have an impact on reducing prejudice towards same-sex parented families in the education systems and contribute to their social inclusivity.
Disclosure statement
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Ethical approval
‘All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.’
Informed consent
‘Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.’