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

摘要

The authors examined the psychometric properties of the Support for Les-bian 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 ata large Irish university. Output from an exploratory factor analysis did not support thetripartite structure that Ellis et al. noted. Instead, a 2-factor solution appeared to be mostreasonable, with the 1st factor assessing global support for the human rights of sexualminorities (Global, 14 items) and the 2nd factor focusing more narrowly on the legality ofhomosexuality (Legal, 4 items). Scale score reliability coefficients for the 2 factors were.86 and .61, respectively. Scores on the Global subscale correlated significantly with allvalidation measures; however, the present authors obtained mixed results for the Legalsubscale. The authors outline potential uses of the modified SLGHRS.