Abstract

OLVERA-MUNOZ, Omar Alejandro. Association between Attitudes towards Bisexuality and Internalized Binegativity in Bisexual People. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2021, vol.11, n.3, pp.78-86.  Epub Mar 14, 2022. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2021.3.394.

In Mexico, scientific research on internalized binegativity is scarce. In the present study, the relationship between attitudes towards bisexuality and internalized binegativity in a group of bisexual people from Mexico was analyzed. 100 bisexuals, men, and women, with an average age of 26 years participated. The variables of interest were evaluated with the Attitudes towards Bisexuality Scale (EABi-8) and the Internalized Binegativity Scale (EBI). High levels of acceptance and low levels of rejection towards bisexuality were identified, both factors showed a correlation with internalized binegativity. The results of the present investigation suggest that the acceptance of bisexuality is inversely related to negative valuation and monosexist ideas. It can be concluded that when faced with a positive assessment of their bisexuality, bisexual people do not incorporate monosexism or prejudice towards their sexual orientation. The assessment that bisexual people make of their bisexuality, as well as the lack of identity referents, can be potential elements for a psychotherapeutic treatment that prevents internalized binegativity.

Keywords : Attitudes; Bisexuality; Internalized binegativity; Social rejection.

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