Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Health Promot Int. 2022 Oct 1;37(5). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daac093.
Effective interventions are needed to stop homophobic behaviours in sport settings as these behaviours are associated with negative health and social outcomes for individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or other diverse genders and sexualities. This paper reports the results of a quasi-experimental study commissioned by a public health agency to explore the benefits of a novel intervention that has been widely adopted by Australian community sport clubs. The 'Pride Cup' intervention includes education for club leaders, sport participants and the hosting of a rainbow-themed 'pride game'. Survey responses of male participants from six randomly selected sport clubs which had received the intervention (n = 148) were compared to responses (n = 137) from six randomly selected comparison clubs (Australian Football, cricket, field hockey, roller derby). Employing a post-test-only design, the study explored differences in homophobic attitudes, behaviours and individual efficacy to react negatively to homophobic behaviours. The study found significant differences (p < 0.001) in self-reported use of homophobic slurs (e.g. fag) in the last 2 weeks by participants in the treatment (11%) versus comparison (31.8%) clubs, and significant differences in the perceived use of these slurs by teammates (25.9% vs. 56.6%) or coaches (7.8% vs. 23.3%). There were also significant differences in efficacy scores, but no differences in homophobic attitudes. These results, combined with evidence of community-driven adoption, support the allocation of public health resources to conduct larger scale trials using pre/post designs to confirm these findings.
需要采取有效的干预措施来阻止运动环境中的恐同行为，因为这些行为与那些自认为是女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别、酷儿或其他不同性别和性取向的个人的负面健康和社会后果有关。本文报告了一项由公共卫生机构委托进行的准实验研究的结果，该研究旨在探索一种新的干预措施的益处，该措施已被澳大利亚社区体育俱乐部广泛采用。“骄傲杯”干预措施包括对俱乐部领导、运动员进行教育，并举办彩虹主题的“骄傲比赛”。从六家随机选择的接受干预措施的体育俱乐部（n=148）中随机抽取的男性参与者的调查答复与六家随机选择的比较俱乐部（澳式足球、板球、曲棍球、滚轴德比）的答复（n=137）进行了比较。采用后测设计，该研究探讨了恐同态度、行为和对恐同行为做出负面反应的个人效能方面的差异。研究发现，治疗（11%）与比较（31.8%）俱乐部的参与者在过去 2 周内自我报告使用恐同辱骂（如“同性恋”）的比例有显著差异（p<0.001），并且队友（25.9%对 56.6%）或教练（7.8%对 23.3%）使用这些辱骂的感知差异也有显著差异。效能得分也有显著差异，但恐同态度没有差异。这些结果，加上社区驱动采用的证据，支持分配公共卫生资源进行更大规模的试验，使用前后设计来确认这些发现。
