Ghanaian students' attitude towards homosexuality: a study among students of Ghana Technology University College

Abstract

The study examined Ghanaian students’ attitudes toward homosexuality. Three hundred and twenty eight students of the Ghana Technology University were selected with the stratified random sampling technique and administered with questionnaires to find out their attitude towards homosexuality. The study adopted the attitudes toward lesbian and gay men (ATLGM) scale. Results indicate that Ghanaian students show high levels of negative attitudes towards homosexuality. Generally, attitude towards homosexuals did not improve irrespective of the number of years of study at the university. Gender did not have a significant influence on attitude towards homosexuality, though female, Year one and two students expressed slightly higher negative attitude than their male, Year three and four students. Religion however, significantly influenced attitude towards homosexuality. Christian and Moslem students showed greater negative but similar attitudes compared to those who belonged to the Traditional African religion. Implications of these findings for attitude reformation and future research were discussed.