Homonegativity Scale (Morrison, Parriag, & Morrison, 1999)

• Populations: adolescents
• Age ranges: M = 16.5, SD = 2.3 years, range not reported
• Languages: English
• Countries: Canada

Items

Item Stem: I believe that:

• 1. homosexuals should not be allowed to work with children.
• 2. homosexuality is not a mental disorder.*
• 3. homosexuals should have the same rights as heterosexuals.*
• 4. homosexuals are immoral.
• 5. people who support homosexual rights are probably homosexual themselves
• 6. homosexuals should be avoided whenever possible.

*Item is reverse-coded

Responses

Items used a 5 point Likert-type scale,  1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree; 3 = don’t know; 4 = agree; 5 = strongly agree.

Scoring

“Scores can range from 6 to 30, with higher scores representing greater homonegativity.”  (Morrison, Parriag, & Morrison, 1999)

Citations

Morrison, T.G., McLeod, L.D., Morrison, M.A., Anderson, D., & O’Connor, W.E. (1997). Gender stereotyping, homonegativity, and misconceptions about sexually coercive behaviour among adolescents. Youth & Society, 28, 351-382

Todd G.MorrisonPhD, Amanda V.ParriagPhD (cand.) & Melanie A.MorrisonPhD (cand.) (1999) The Psychometric Properties of the Homonegativity Scale, Journal of Homosexuality, 37:4, 111-126, DOI: 10.1300/J082v37n04_07

Team comments

This scale has two versions: HS-G intended for use with gay men, and the HS-L intended for use with lesbians.

This scale is a subscale of the Sexual Aggressions and Conservatism Scale (Morrison et al., 1997)