People with homophobic attitudes are more likely to have psychological issues including anger, hostility and aggression toward others, new research concludes.

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A study published Sept. 8 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine assessed psychopathologic characteristics in the development of homophobia.

Until now, many aspects of homophobic prejudice have been investigated, including religion, education and gender, but important psychological factors have still not been explained.

“The study is opening a new research avenue, where the real disease to study is homophobia,” lead researcher Emmanuele Jannin told Live Science.

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