Homophobic Behavior of Students Scale (Van de Ven, Bornhoit, & Bailey, 1996)

• Populations: adolescents
• Age ranges: 14-15
• Languages: English
• Countries: Australia

Items

• I would speak in a small class group with a gay person or lesbian about homosexual issues.*
• I would speak individually, in class, with a gay person or lesbian about homosexual issues.*
• I would NOT like to have a gay person or lesbian address the class about homosexual issues. 
• I would take the opportunity to talk in an informal lunchtime meeting with a group of four lesbians or gay males.*
• I would NOT attend a lunchtime BBQ at which four gay males or lesbians are present. 
• I would watch a video in class in which a lesbian or gay person features.*
• I would sign my name to a petition asking the government to do more to stop violence against gay men and lesbians.*
• I would NOT sign my name to a petition asking the government to make sure gays and lesbians have equal rights with everybody else. 
• I would sign my name to a petition asking the government to allow lesbian and gay couples to officially register their marriage 
  or partnership.*
• I would sign my name to a petition asking the government to allow lesbian and gay couples to adopt children.*

*Reverse coded item.

Responses

Items used a 5 point Likert-type scale, 1 = Definitely False, 5 = Definitely True.

Scoring

“It was hypothesized that all items would contribute to an overall computed measure of homophobic behavior ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores (following convention) reflecting more negative behavior toward lesbians and gay males” (Van de Ven, Bornhoit, & Bailey, 1996)

Citations

Van de Ven, P., Bornholt, L., & Bailey, M. (1996). Measuring cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of homophobic reaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 25(2), 155-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02437934

Team comments

Convergent and Construct validity for this measure were not scored as the evidence for this form of validation was obtained exclusively with a sample older than the population of interest for the Good Measure Project.  For these forms of evidence, please see Van de Ven, Bornhoit, & Bailey (1996).