Perceptions of the LGBTQ College Campus Climate Scale : Development and Psychometric Evaluation

This article reports the development and psychometric properties of scores on a new scale designed to assess views of the university/college campus climate concerning LGBTQ students and issues: Perceptions of the LGBTQ College Campus Climate Scale. This 6-item scale includes two subscales: College Response to LGBTQ Students and LGBTQ Stigma. We provide evidence for structural validity (via exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses) and reliability for scores on this new measure. Supporting construct validity, Perceptions of the LGBTQ College Campus Climate full scale and subscales were each positively correlated with experiences of LGBTQ victimization on campus, anxiety, and depression and negatively correlated with satisfaction with college and intention to persist in college. Relationships with mental health and academic outcomes held true, even after controlling for LGBTQ victimization experiences, providing support for incremental validity. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Journal of homosexuality - 67(2020), 10 vom: 23. Aug., Seite 1412-1428

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Szymanski, Dawn M [VerfasserIn]
Bissonette, Danielle [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Campus climate
Cissexism
Discrimination
Heterosexism
Journal Article
LGBTQ
Scale development
Validation Study

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.08.2020

Date Revised 25.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00918369.2019.1591788

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295419636