A Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale-Short Version: The ATLG-R-S-9
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BULBOACĂ, Gabriel, ROBU, Viorel. A Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale-Short Version: The ATLG-R-S-9. In: Journal of Innovation in Psychology, Education and Didactics (JIPED), 2021, nr. 2, pp. 225-238. ISSN 2247-4579. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29081/JIPED.2021.25.2.10
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Journal of Innovation in Psychology, Education and Didactics (JIPED)
Numărul 2 / 2021 / ISSN 2247-4579 /ISSNe 2392-7127

A Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale-Short Version: The ATLG-R-S-9

DOI:https://doi.org/10.29081/JIPED.2021.25.2.10

Pag. 225-238

Bulboacă Gabriel1, Robu Viorel2
 
1 Free International University of Moldova,
2 "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau
 
 
Disponibil în IBN: 23 februarie 2023


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Measuring attitude toward homosexuality with well-validated instruments is a critical step for a better understanding of the anti-lesbian/gay public prejudice (formerly known as homophobia). The Revised Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale-Short Version-10 (ATLG-R-S-10) is one of the most known measures of attitude toward lesbians and gay men. This study aimed to test the factorial structure, construct validity, discriminant validity, and reliability of the Romanian version of the ATLG-R-S-10. Participants were 496 Romanian graduates, master’s students, and undergraduates from five universities. The sample included 392 women and 104 men aged 18 to 47 years. Participants completed the translated version of ATLG-R-S-10 along with other measures of religiosity and openness (as a domain of stable personality traits). We used confirmatory factor analysis to test the internal validity of the ATLG-R-S-10. The hypothetical model with a single latent factor and full ATLG-R-S-10 items showed an unsatisfactory statistical fit. Also, one item (i.e. “State laws against private sexual behavior between consenting adult women should be abolished”) loaded poorly (γ = 0.10) on the hypothetical factor. Therefore, this item was removed and a second analysis was carried out. Results indicated a slight improvement in the statistical fit of this second model, but still unsatisfactory. Suggestions for improving the model led us to correlate three pairs of items, resulting in a third model with a satisfactory statistical fit (NFI =0.961; CFI = 0.969; RMSEA = 0.085). The internal consistency of the nine-item version of the ATLG-R-S (ATLG-R-S-9) was excellent (α = 0.912). Correlational analysis revealed a positive and moderate association (r = 0.48; p < 0.001) between ATLG-R-S-9 score and religiosity. The correlation with openness was negative, but modest (r = - 0.14; p < 0.01). Comparative data are also presented.

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attitude, gay men, lesbians, measurement, psychometric properties, Romanian version of ATLG-R-S-10