Homophobic Bullying Scale (Prati, 2012)

• Populations: Adolescents and Young Adults
• Age ranges: 15-22
• Languages: Italian, Spanish
• Countries: Italy; Spain

Items

Subscales:

• Homophobic Aggressive Behavior (bully perspective) 14 Items
• Homophobic Victimization (victim perspective)
• Observation of Homophobic aggressive behavior (witness perspective): 18 items

Items and item counts are [one exception] not reported, introductory statements used in each subscale are:

Homophobic Aggressive Behavior (bully perspective)

• ‘‘Think about a student who is perceived as gay (or lesbian). Because of this, during the past 30 days, how often did you . . .’’ 

Homophobic Victimization (victim perspective)

• ‘‘During the past 30 days in your school, how often were you [the behavior] by a student, because you are perceived be gay or lesbian?’’

Observation of Homophobic aggressive behavior (witness perspective)

• ‘‘Think about a student who is perceived as gay (or lesbian). Because of this, during the past 30 days, how often did you . . . ?’’ 

Responses:

Response options include Never (1), 1, 2, or 3 times (2), about once a week (3), more than once a week (4)

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

• Prati, G. (2012). Development and Psychometric Properties of the Homophobic Bullying Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 72(4), 649–664. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164412440169
• Orue, I., Calvete, E., Fernández-González, L. (2018). ADAPTACIÓN DE LA “ESCALA DE ACOSO ESCOLAR HOMOFÓBICO” Y  MAGNITUD DEL PROBLEMA EN ADOLESCENTES ESPAÑOLES. Behavioral Psychology / Psicología Conductual, 26(3), 437-455.