Examination of social gender roles, sexual myths and homophobia levels by mental health professionals.

In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the approaches of mental health experts in terms of the relationship between gender roles, sexual myths and homophobia levels. Experts Working in the Field of Mental Health; When they were evaluated in terms of their knowledge level on sexual orientation, professional experience and gender, the analysis of the detectability of a direct relationship with homophobia was made. In the research, within the framework of data collection tools, "survey technique" was used as a data collection technique. With the questionnaire created on the Google form, it was aimed to reach the participants from social media and whatsapp groups containing colleague solidarity. The data were taken with 4 different forms. The "Informed Voluntary Consent Form", which includes the demographic information of the participants, the "Gender Roles Scale" that measures the gender roles of individuals, the "Sexual Myths Scale" that detects sexual myths, and the "Hudson and Ricketts Homophobia Scale" that measures the level of homophobia were used. In our study, the sample group consists of 300 experts working in the field of mental health. 72.7% of the participants are female and 27.3% are male mental health specialists. Another point is that 1.3% of the participating mental health specialists are psychiatrists, 24.7% are psychologists, and 74% are psychological counselors; In addition, the data of the sample group in the study mostly includes the data of the psychological counselors working. Within the framework of the data obtained in the study, a moderate and negative relationship between Gender Roles Attitude Scale and Hudson and Ricketts Homophobia Scale scores, moderate and negative relationship between Gender Roles Attitude Scale and Sexual Myths Scale scores, Hudson and Ricketts Homophobia Scale and Sexual Myths. A moderate and positive relationship was found between the scale scores. Keywords: Gender roles, homophobia, sexual myths