Examining the relationship between types of social contact to lgbt individuals, authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, system justification, relational-interdependence and homophobia

The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between homophobia with general social contact, types of social contact including social media contact to LGBT, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, general system justification, gender spesific system justification, the retlational-interdependent self, evaluation to LGBT's social media posts, demographic variables as age, sex, education situation. Personal data form, social contact form, Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale, Social Dominance Scale, System Justification Scale, Gender Spesific System Justification Scale, Hudson-Ricketts Homophobia scale were used in study. T-testi, anova, corelation, regression analyse were used to anlayse data in this study. Sample of study is 250 participant (137 woman, 105 men, 8 missing data) age 18-50 from different part of İstanbul. Their points of homophobia very significantly according to results of research. There is a corelation between homophobia and age. The points of homophobia differ according to the one and one contact the individuals have with the LGBT in their social environment, family environment and social media. Acquaintance issue and closeness level to LGBT in family was not related with homophobia but acquaintance issue and closeness level to LGBT in social environment was related negatively with homophobia. Participant's homophobia differs significantly depending on the quality of the previous contact with LGBT. The relation between homophobia with social contact and social media contact to LGBT was seen negatively significant. The relation between homophobia and participant's evaluation about values approach and negative impression to LGBT's posts on social media was seen positively significant but participant's evaluation about positive approach and encounter time with LGBT's posts on social media was seen negatively significant. Authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, system justification, gender spesific system justification, social contact, social media contact, value approach, positive impression, encounter time predicted participant's homophobia.