BEHAVIORAL INTENTION OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND COUNSELORS TO INTERVENE AND PREVENT HARASSMENT OF LGBTQ YOUTH

A national sample of educators were surveyed to identity the attitudes, beliefs, school culture, and perceived barriers that would predict whether educators would intervene to stop bias and harassment directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in schools. The su...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychology in the schools 2013-08, Vol.50 (7), p.672-688
Main Authors: McCabe, Paul C., Rubinson, Florence, Dragowski, Eliza A., Elizalde-Utnick, Graciela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Attitudes
Barriers
Behavior
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Bullying
Educational Environment
Educational psychology
Factor Analysis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Harassment
Homosexuality
Intention
Intervention
Medical sciences
Mental health
Miscellaneous
Perceived control
Predictor Variables
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
School Counselors
School Culture
School Psychologists
Sexual Identity
Sexual Orientation
Social Attitudes
Social Behavior
Social Bias
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Role
Teachers
Young people
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A national sample of educators were surveyed to identity the attitudes, beliefs, school culture, and perceived barriers that would predict whether educators would intervene to stop bias and harassment directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in schools. The survey questionnaire was organized according to the theory of planned behavior (TpB), a theoretical model linking attitudes to behavior. A sample of 968 teachers, school psychologists, and school counselors participated. Factor analysis indicated that the three TpB components (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control) accurately predicted behavioral intention to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Path analysis supported the components of TpB in predicting behavioral intention, accounting for 21% of the variance. The path coefficients linking attitudes and subjective norm to behavioral intention were particularly robust and less so for perceived behavioral control. Implications for intervention and training of school personnel to improve advocacy for LGBTQ youth and reduce bias and harassment are discussed.
ISSN:0033-3085
1520-6807
DOI:10.1002/pits.21702