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    Attitudes of adolescents toward violence and their related factors
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2016-12) Pinos, Verónica; Pinos, Guido; Jerves, Monserrath; Enzlin, Paul
    Behavior research revealed that attitudes are important in understanding the roots of violence. People acquire those attitudes by social learning, particularly in adolescence, because in this stage of life is the influence of social environment strongest. This study aimed to assess adolescents’ attitude toward violence and their related factors. The Questionnaire on Attitudes toward Diversity and Violence1 was applied. This questionnaire addresses the following factors: justification of violence toward peers as a reaction of courage, sexist beliefs and justification of domestic violence, and tolerant beliefs and rejection of violence. An extra factor was incorporated in the research to evaluate the attitude toward the justification of sexual violence. Analysis of the responses to the questionnaire disclosed middle level of justification and rejection toward violence. The stronger attitudes of justification of violence toward peers, domestic violence and sexual violence were related with male sex, alcohol consumption, violence among siblings and higher level of enjoyment of violence in media. The stronger tolerant beliefs and rejection of violence was related with female sex, the experience of sexual violence and the age group of 14-16 years old. Results clearly recommend the need to work with adolescents and their families to eliminate prejudices that justify violence and to promote violence rejection as preventive measures, considering the related factors.
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    Las relaciones de convivencia de los niños, niñas y adolescentes sordos o hipoacústicos: estudio cualitativo exploratorio
    (2015) Huiracocha Tutivén, María de Lourdes; Blume, Stuart; Orellana Paucar, Adriana Monserrath; Brito Roby, Liliana Alexandra; Abril Ulloa, Sandra Victoria; Chilet Rosell, Elisa; Diaz Granda, Ruth Cumanda; Sempértegui León, Silvia Rocío; Palacios Santana, Gicela Monserrate; Monsalve Neira, Maria Daniela; Barahona Huiracocha, Jorge Alfonso; Artega H., Sebastián; Almeida Pozo, Juan Carlos; Huiracocha Tutivén, Mirian Sofía
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    Percepciones sobre la diversidad sexual en adolescentes escolarizados de la ciudad de Cuenca
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2011-12) Pinos Vélez, Verónica Patricia; Pinos Abad, Guido Marcelo; Palacios Madero, María Dolores
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are a minority group, whose recognition awakens emotional reactions, perceptions and attitudes; the majority with negative tendence. The perceptions and attitudes of rejection are due in large part to the prejudice against this group, which often leads to a stigmatization of LGBT people. Assessment of the perceptions of adolescents towards LGBT individuals was the main purpose of the research. A survey, consisting of a series of qualitative and quantitative questions offering the surveyed people the possibility of providing to the questions personal comments and observations, was applied to 1130 college students and 31 teachers. The students in general stated that it is incorrect mistreating LGBT people. They strongly perceive that family, school and especially the society as hostile environments for LGBT. Moreover, most of the surveyed adolescents expressed serious concern that if they were LGBT, they would worry about the emotional reaction of family, friends, teachers and peers. In the worst case, they even expect being rejected by friends and peers, experience pressure from their family to change attitude, and likely be confronted by an indifferent attitude of their teachers as the latter usually seldom care about the personal situation of students. Given the widespread public opinion and the risk to become the target of strong negative attitudes some adolescents stated to be very reluctant to make public their sexual orientation. It is believed that for achieving social equity for LGBT people one has to work towards the liberation for the broader society from sexual oppression, requiring the initiation of a series of activities, such as the initiation of educational programs aiming de-ligitimization of the prejudice and the opening of people’s mind.
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    Perception of gender stereotypes, machismo and marianismo in Ecuadorian adolescents: a focus group study
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2016-12) Pinos, Verónica; Pinos, Guido; Baitar, Rachid; Jerves, Monserrath; Enzlin, Paul
    Recent studies increasingly demonstrated that gender differences are linked with macro-cultural factors. The stereotypes in Latin America that shape gender roles are machismo and marianismo. In contrast, with the ample publications on the importance of machismo, empirical research on machismo and certainly marianismo is still in its infancy despite both being well known concepts. To this end, the present study explores how Ecuadorian adolescents from Cuenca experience, and make sense of, gender stereotypes. Twelve focus groups were carried out, involving 127 male and female adolescents. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Four categories related to machismo emerged: cognition regarding machismo, manifestations of machismo, adolescents’ expectations by gender, and advantages of traditional norms. The results showed that participants know about machismo and stated that gender stereotypes are transmitted to adolescents by parents and society in general to the next generations. Our participants blame gender stereotypes for the inequality in the society, but at the same time, their intervention showed that they absorbed these stereotypes in their belief system.