Theory Construction of the Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians in Chinese Context and Assessments in College Students
- VernacularTitle:同性恋态度量表的构建及其信度、效度检验
- Author:
Yong YU
;
Shuiyuan XIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Scale;
Homosexuality;
Attitude;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
1993;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To develop the attitudes toward gay men and lesbians in Chinese context.Methods:Based on the sex differences in homosexual researches and the three factors of attitude,the initial Scale included two subscales of gay men and lesbians,and selected items from cognition,emotion and behavior;used the initial scale firstly to test 353 college students,then selected items through 4 methods;secondly,investigated 404 college students and 533 community residents with the ultimate scale in order to assess it in reliability and validity,10 days after the first testing session,193 students were re-tested.Results:Developed the attitudes toward lesbians and gay men scale of 20 items;the test-retest coefficients of total-scale was 0.959,the Cronbach's ? coefficient of the total-scale was 0.898,the split-half reliability was 0.912.Factor Analysis indicated there were three components in the scale including moral judgement,emotional reaction,and social communication.Conclusion:The attitudes toward lesbians and gay men scale has a high reliability and a good validity and can be used in researches of the public Attitudes toward homosexual.
