期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：6
页码：570-579
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i6/10181
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The primary objective of this study is to explore the impact of gender factor on the perception of undergraduate Psychology students of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim towards transgender. The overall perception of this sample and the correlation between factors of instruments, which are Interpersonal Comfort, Sex/Gender Beliefs, and Human Value are investigated in this research, as well. In this quantitative research, a cross-sectional, online survey questionnaire was participated by 209 students (S=209) which consisted of 53 males (25.36%) and 156 females (74.64%) from the Faculty of Human Development of UPSI participants through a Google Form link. The Transgender Attitude and Beliefs Scale (TABS) instrument is used to explore the perception of the participants. As result, the independent sample t-test analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the scores for male students (M=142.48, SD=32.26) and female students (M=136.37, SD=36.46) conditions; t (207)=1.11, p=0.270. Moreover, the simple mean comparison analysis revealed the mean scores of males and females are 142.48 and 136.37, respectively. Also, the Pearson correlation analysis among the three factors of perceptions ranged from 0.44 to 0.61. Thus, the gender of students has no significant effect on perception towards transgender. Generally, this sample showed less positive perception and less supportive attitudes towards transgender. The correlational strengths among the factors are from moderate to good. The implication of this study is the revelation of students’ perception towards transgender, especially Psychology students. Future studies should focus more on the perception of students from Psychology courses in Malaysia.
