Psychometric Properties of the Support for Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Scale

摘要

The authors examined the psychometric properties of the Support for Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Scale (SLGHRS; S. J. Ellis, C. Kitzinger, & S. Wilkinson, 2002) by distributing copies of that instrument and several validation measures (e.g., religious fundamentalism) to 267 female students attending modules in psychology at a large Irish university. Output from an exploratory factor analysis did not support the tripartite structure that Ellis et al. noted. Instead, a 2-factor solution appeared to be most reasonable, with the 1st factor assessing global support for the human rights of sexual minorities (Global, 14 items) and the 2nd factor focusing more narrowly on the legality of homosexuality (Legal, 4 items). Scale score reliability coefficients for the 2 factors were .86 and .61, respectively. Scores on the Global subscale correlated significantly with all validation measures; however, the present authors obtained mixed results for the Legal subscale. The authors outline potential uses of the modified SLGHRS. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]