Resumen

SANTOS SOBRAL, Helenizia; VICENTE DA SILVA, Maria Lúcia  y  SANTOS FERNANDES, Sheyla Christine. Homophobia: What does Brazilian Psychology Have to Say? Review Article. CES Psicol [online]. 2019, vol.12, n.3, pp.20-34. ISSN 2011-3080.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.12.3.2.

The objective of this research is to carry out a systematic review on the studies that approach homophobia in the context of Brazilian psychology. For this, we used five databases: SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), PePSIC, Index Psi, LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), and PsycINFO. It was considered 74 scientific articles, being 35 theoretical articles and 39 articles derived from empirical investigations. In this last type of article, we verified that the most mentioned issue was the relation of some factors with homophobia, for example, to evaluate and analyze homophobia through the Explicit and Implicit Homophobia Scale and the Sexism Inventory. Brazilian psychology has contributed to increase the knowledge about homophobia, given the number of articles found over the last decades about the subject in psychology studies. The constructs associated with homophobia that emerged during the research were psychosocial aspects, health, education and public policies. The highlighted journals for the publication of articles about homophobia were those that addressed psychosocial aspects, involving psychopolitical perceptions, suicidal behavior and ideation, religiosity, social representations about the nature of homosexuality and the adoption of children by homoaffective families. It is concluded that researches carried out in Brazil on homophobia have been based on knowledge and explanation of values, ideas and behaviors in relation to homophobia, comparing groups and relating factors in order to better understand the little-discussed aspects on the subject.

Palabras clave : Homophobia; Homosexuality; Brazilian Psychology; Sexuality.

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