Construction of a Questionnaire of Attitudes toward Homosexuals in Chinese University Students
- VernacularTitle:大学生对同性恋态度问卷的初步编制
- Author:
Xiaobei ZHENG
;
Qiumei ZHANG
;
Yuebiao CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
homosexuals;
psychometric studies;
university students;
attitudes
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To develop a scale to measure attitudes toward homosexuals in Chinese university students.Methods:Based on surveys and literatures, we conducted the pre-test and test for accessing the construct validity of the scale by EFA ( exploratory factor analysis) and CFA (confirmatory factor analysis) in 1010 Chinese university students.Results: There were three components that could explain 63.84% of the total variance with loading between 0.501 and 0.851 in the scale.The three components could explain 46.67%,10.27% and 6.90% of the variance separately.They were named cognitive tolerance, emotional tolerance and behavior tolerance.The scale had NFI 0.979,NNFI 0.981,CFI 0.985,RMSEA 0.073 by CFA.The Cronbach'?coefficient was 0.931 and the test-retest reliability was 0.839 (with P
