Correlation Analysis on Religiosity Level against LGBT Perception as Deviation Form

Abstract

Asti Melani Astari, Kurnia Laksana, Qomariyatus Sholihah, Wahyudi Kuncoro, Yati Srihayati.

The vulnerability of the problem that often arises in line with human life is the problem of sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is a term that refers to sex, that is, someone feels emotional, physical, sexual attraction to the other person. The phenomenon of sexual orientation which is currently a problem issue in the community is about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT). In Indonesia, with most of its population being Muslim, of course it is strongly opposed to this deviant behaviour. Islam has taught that this homosexual act is an act that is forbidden. The purpose of this study is to analyse the correlation between the level of religiosity towards LGBT perceptions as deviation form. This study was conducted with descriptive research methods, data collection techniques in this study using a questionnaire with 100 respondents who came from the LGBT community in Malang region. the results of the questionnaire that have been obtained will be analysed by Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis. The results of SEM analysis result in the P-Value of the variable of religiosity level is <0.01 thus there is a correlation between the religiosity level and LGBT perception. Estimated value is 0.564 that shows the correlation between the two variables is approaching weak because the value shows close to <0.5. While the results of the linear regression test, indicate that the effect of the variable level of religiosity on LGBT perceptions as a deviation form is 0.318 or 31.8%.