Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2013)(E-BOOK)

Beijing,China,2013-05-242013-05-262013

ISBN: 978-1-61896-028-3 Scientific Research Publishing, USA

E-Book 182pp Pub. Date: May 2013

Category: Social Sciences & Humanities

Price: $200

Title: The Scale Confirmation on the Related Factors of Coming Out in the Homosexual Individuals
Source: Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2013)(E-BOOK) (pp 45-49)
Author(s): Yi- Shang Lin, School of Psychology and Institute of Clinical Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 40201
Mein-Woei Suen, School of Psychology and Institute of Clinical Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 40201;Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201;Social and Gender Issue Research Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201
Wei-Ting Wang, School of Psychology and Institute of Clinical Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 40201
Abstract:

In 1973, homosexual has been removed from DSM-III-R. However, some negative homosexual stereotypes still exist in our society nowadays, which made homosexual people/individuals facing lots of unequal treatment in their lives. Such disadvantageous prejudices and discriminations might impact their “coming out to the public” or not in a serious way. According to the literatures, “interpersonal relationship”, “self-esteem” and “autonomy support” items can predict the outness level of homosexual people effectively. In the formal study, the reliability and validity of the questionnaires had been examined; all items used in the formal questionnaires were checked by experts, and thenTaiwanuniversity students as participants (N = 122) completed the pretest. The result shows that items “interpersonal relationship questionnaire (Cronbachα = .93)”, “self-esteem questionnaire (α = .90)”, and “autonomy support questionnaire (α = .95)” both have high reliability and validity, and are appropriate to be used in further studies. In the further studies, homosexual individuals will be used as participants to examine that: (1) Relationships among items “interpersonal relationship”, “self-esteem”, “autonomy support”, and “outness level”; (2) Whether above three items can predict “outness level” efficiently in the same way. More details are discussed in this article.

Free SCIRP Newsletters
Copyright © 2006-2024 Scientific Research Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Top