Attitudes of heterosexuals toward homosexuality: A Likert‐type scale and construct validity

Larsen, Knud S.; Reed, Michael L.; Hoffman, Susan

doi:10.1080/00224498009551081

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“…Desde los años setenta se han desarrollado diversas escalas para medir la homofobia manifiesta o tradicional como son las siguientes: Smith Homophobia Scale (Smith, 1971), Index of Homophobia (Hudson y Ricketts, 1980), Heterosexual Attitudes toward Homosexuality Scale (Larsen, Reed y Hoffman, 1980), Homophobia Scale (Hasen, 1982), Homophobia Scale (Aguero, Bloch y Byrne, 1984) y Homophobia Scale (Wright, Adams y Bernat, 1994). Sin embargo, la tendencia de los últimos años es que las escalas que miden la homofobia sean capaces de captar tanto las actitudes homófobas explícitas (tradicionales) como las actitudes homófobas sutiles o modernas como lo hacen las anales de psicología, 2013, vol.…”

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Validación de la Escala Moderna de Homofobia en una muestra de adolescentes.

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Resumen: El objetivo de esta investigación es doble, por un lado se ha evaluado la fiabilidad y la validez de la versión española de la Escala de Homofobia Moderna en adolescentes; y por otro, se evaluará tanto los niveles de homofobia que los y las adolescentes tienen, así como la relación de la homofobia con el sexismo ambivalente. La Escala de Homofobia Moderna evalúa actitudes tanto hacía hombres gays (MHS-G) como hacía lesbianas (MHS-L). La muestra quedó formada por un total de 800 estudiantes de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, de los cuales un 50.7 % son chicas y un 49.3 % chicos, con una media de edad de 15.19 años (DT: .92). Los resultados muestran una estructura factorial coherente, con índices de ajuste adecuados. La fiabilidad (siempre superior a .80) y la validez externa (con una correlación significativa entre la homofobia con la transfobia y el sexismo). Finalmente, observamos que los chicos expresan significativamente más actitudes de homofobia que sus compañeras. Consideramos por lo tanto, que esta escala es un instrumento útil y preciso para detectar las actitudes homofóbicas sutiles hacia gays y lesbianas. Palabras clave: Homofobia; validación; adolescentes; escala de homofobia moderna; gay; lesbiana.Title: Validation of the Modern Homophobia Scale in a sample of adolescents. Abstract: The objective of this paper is both, to analyse the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Modern Homophobia Scale, and to assess the homophobia level of adolescents as well as the association between homophobia and ambivalent sexism. The Modern Homophobia Scale assesses the attitudes toward gay men (MHS-G) and lesbians (MHS-L). The sample was made of 800 Spanish students of Secondary Education (50.7% female and 49.3% male) with ages ranging from 15 to 19 years (mean age = 15.19; SD: .92). Results showed a coherent factorial structure with adequate fit indexes. Reliability -alpha over .80-and external validity -the gay and lesbians form were significant correlated with transphobia and sexism. Finally, we observed that the boys expressed significantly more homophobic attitudes toward gay men and toward lesbians than girls does. Therefore, this scale is a useful and necessary to detect subtle homophobic attitudes toward gays and lesbians. Key-words: Homophobia; validation; adolescents; modern homophobia scale; gay; lesbian. IntroducciónEl estudio de las actitudes hacia los homosexuales y las lesbianas está alcanzando en las últimas décadas cierta relevancia dentro del área de las ciencias sociales. Para analizar adecuadamente las actitudes prejuiciosas hacia las personas homosexuales y lesbianas, debemos recurrir a los conocimientos que nos aportan las relaciones interraciales, así como los estudios sobre las actitudes prejuiciosas hacia las mujeres. Las investigaciones interraciales han detectado que los valores de racismo en la última década se han recanalizado hacia nuevas formas más suaves o sutiles de expresión que se han etiquetado como racismo simbólico (Sears y Kinder, 1971), racismo avers...

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“…Women, on the other hand, appear much less likely to show antigay bias. Some researchers have argued that women do show antigay bias, but that their bias is against lesbians exclusively (Kyes & Tumbelaka, 1993); however, the bulk of research in this area has found antigay bias to be, for the most part, a male phenomenon (Hansen, 1982;Herek & Capitanio, 1999;Johnson, Brems, & Alford-Keating, 1997;Kite & Whitley, 1998;Kunkel & Temple, 1992;Larsen, Reed, & Hoffman, 1980;Yang, 1998). Johnson et al (1997) reported that women, compared to men, had a less negative response to gays and lesbians with regard to their own level of discomfort while being close to them, and that women tended to be more responsive to the civil rights of gays.…”

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Sex Differences in Affective Responses to Homoerotic Stimuli: Evidence for an Unconscious Bias Among Heterosexual Men, but not Heterosexual Women

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Antigay bias is a well-documented social problem among heterosexual men, though heterosexual women display a lesser tendency toward this bias. Startle eye blink has been established as a valid measure of the affective component of antigay bias in heterosexual men. In the current study, a sample of 91 heterosexual women and 87 heterosexual men were exposed to a variety of sexual photographic stimuli accompanied by startle probes. Heterosexual men who expressed more bias against gay men using a social distance measure (i.e., discomfort with being in close quarters with a gay man) displayed a startle response consistent with greater negative affect (e.g., fear and disgust) toward gay male stimuli, while those with less self-reported antigay bias did not display a physiological bias against gay men, and none of these men showed a relationship between bias against lesbians and physiological responses while viewing lesbian images. There were no such physiological manifestations of antigay bias in heterosexual women while viewing lesbian or gay male images, even among those who self-reported such bias. It appears that heterosexual women do not tend to have the same affective response toward homosexuals that some heterosexual men experience.

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“…The Attitudes Toward Injection Drug Use Scale (ATIS; Brener & von Hippel, 2008) consists of 10 items adapted from the Attitudes Toward Gay and Lesbians Scale (Herek, 1994), the Heterosexual Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Scale (Larsen, Reed, & Hoffman, 1980), and the Attitudes Toward Homosexuals Scale (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 1992). The scale demonstrated good internal consistency in the current study (Cronbach's alpha = .80).…”

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