Attitudes of secondary school students towards homosexuality and hiv/aids in Slovenia

Kogovšek, Tina (author), Kuhar, Roman (author), Švab, Alenka (author)

This study provides valuable insights into the factors influencing attitudes towards homosexuality and people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among Slovenian high school students. The analysis identifies gender, school type, and religious affiliation as significant predictors of these attitudes. Consistent with previous research, gender differences emerge, with male students displaying more negative attitudes towards homosexuality compared to their female counterparts. This discrepancy is particularly pronounced among students attending vocational schools, aligning with existing data on attitudes towards sexuality. Sociological theories predicting social changes in intimacy, with women at the forefront, contribute to understanding this gender disparity.

• Language: English
• Keywords: homosexuality, attitudes, high school students, gender, religion, HIV
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Geographic coverage: Slovenija
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences; FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2026
• Number of pages: 14 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 7, iss. 1(5)
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179034
• UDC: 316.346:613.880.26
• ISSN on article: 2411-5118
• DOI: 10.3390/sexes7010005
• COBISS.SI-ID: 267201283
• Publication date in RUL: 03.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sexes
• Shortened title: Sexes
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2411-5118
• COBISS.SI-ID: 68382211

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 30.01.2026

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: homoseksualnost, dijaki, dijakinje, spol, religioznost, stališča, AIDS