Evidence of Validity of a Modern Homonegativity Measure against Gays and Lesbians
AUTOR(ES)
Lima, Kaline da Silva
FONTE
Psico-USF
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
02/12/2019
RESUMO
Resumo O objetivo desta pesquisa foi adaptar e obter evidências de validade da Modern Homonegativity Scale (MHS) composta por duas formas paralelas com 12 itens, sendo uma versão referente aos gays (MHS-G) e outra às lésbicas (MHS-L). No Estudo 1, participaram 418 heterossexuais entre 18 e 58 anos (M = 24,8; DP = 7,23), a maioria mulheres (66,3%) e residentes em João Pessoa-PB (50,5%). As escalas apresentaram-se unidimensionais e com bons níveis de consistência interna (α = 0,92). O Estudo 2, contou com 273 heterossexuais entre 18 e 55 anos (M = 23,7; DP = 6,33), a maioria mulheres (69%). A análise fatorial confirmatória mostrou satisfatórios índices de ajuste para o modelo proposto e a análise da Teoria de Resposta ao Item (TRI) demostrou uma boa discriminação e variação dos parâmetros de dificuldade. Conclui-se que a MHS é psicometricamente válida e de fácil aplicação, podendo ser usada em contextos de pesquisa.Abstract The goal of this research was to adapt and obtain validity evidence of the Modern Homonegativity Scale (MHS), which is set by two parallel forms with 12 items, one of them referring to gays (MHS-G) and the other referring to lesbians (MHS-L). In the first study 418 heterosexuals between 18 and 58 years old (M = 24,9; SD = 7,23), mostly women (66,3%) living at João Pessoa-PB (50,5%) answered. Both scales have shown as unidimensional and containing a high degree of internal consistency. The second study had the participation of 273 heterosexuals between 18 and 55 years old (M = 23,7; SD = 6,33), mostly women (69%). The confirmatory factor analysis showed satisfactory adjustment indexes for the proposed model and the Item Response Theory (IRT) demonstrated a good degree of discrimination and variation of the difficulty parameters. Therefore, we may conclude MHS is psychometrically valid, easily applicable and can be used in research contexts.
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