Examining the relationship between homophobia and sexualorientation myths in nursing students

Aim: This study was planned to determine the relationship between homophobia and belief in sexual orientation myths in nursing students. Method: The sample size was found to be 262 students by performing power analysis before the research was carried out. The research was conducted with 508 students studying at İnönü University's nursing school between 1 January - 30 March 2020. "Personal Information Form", "Sexual Orientation Myths Scale" and "Hudson and Rickett's Homophobia Scale" were used in data collection. Findings: The average age of the students participating in the study was 21.20 ± 2.09, more than half of them (58.5) were in the 3rd and 4th grade, most of them were female (67.7%), the number of sisters and brothers was mostly between 0-2 (73.2% -73.6%) and most (%) 57.3) lived in the province. The total score average of the Sexual Orientation Myths Scale was 54.70 ± 10.57 and the Hudson and Rickett's Homophobia Scale total score mean was 87.11 ± 14.20. There was a moderately significant positive correlation between the sexual orientation myths scale and the homophobia scale. Result: In line with the findings of the research, the students who have high belief in sexual orientation myths among nursing students have a high level of homophobia; It was found that students with low belief in sexual orientation myths had a low level of homophobia. Key Words: Homophobia, Sexual Orientation Myths, LGBTİ