Desarrollo y análisis psicométrico de una nueva escala de homofobia interiorizada

Internalized homophobia is an important construct for the development and physical and mental health of lesbian, gay and bisexual people, yet its operationalization has been constantly criticized and pointed out as complicated, by its content, by its psychometric properties and by the cultural influence with which the scales count. The purpose of this study was the construction of a culturally relevant internalized homophobia scale for LGB adults, as well as the identification of its dimensions and the evaluation of its psychometric properties of construct validity and reliability. 782 volunteers aged between 18 and 52 participated. Through an exploratory factor analysis, a scale was obtained with 22 items distributed in four factors, which explained 54.38% of the variance. An internal consistency analysis showed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.92. The results are discussed in light of various proposed theories and measurement models on internalized homophobia. This study responded to various criticisms about the operationalization of this construct, in addition to providing a valid and reliable new instrument that maintains and adds new elements to this construct.