Title

Content Validity of the Heterosexist Attitudes in Sport-Gay Male Scale

Publication Date

2016

Document Type

Abstract

Abstract

Sport is a hypermasculine, heteronormative domain, historically intolerant of gay men (Anderson, 2001; Pronger, 1990). Although recently, researchers have demonstrated improving attitudes in men's sport (Anderson, 2005, 2008, 2011), male athletes and coaches still demonstrate more negative attitudes towards gay men than their female counterparts do toward lesbian athletes (Shang et al., 2012; Southall et al., 2009). One limitation to current quantitative research is that psychology-based questionnaires of heterosexist attitudes lack items specific to the athlete's experience. Applying quantitative methodology proposed by Messick (1975, 1980, 1989) and Dunn et al. (1999), the purpose of the current study was to establish the content validity of a sport-specific assessment, the Heterosexist Attitudes in Sport-Gay Male (HAS-GM) Scale.

Original Citation

Mullin, E.M. & Leone, J.E. (2016). Content Validity of the Heterosexist Attitudes in Sport-Gay Male Scale. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87(S2), A31-32.

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