Sexual Minority Identity Emotion Scale (Goffnett, 2020)

• Populations: Adolescents
• Age ranges: 15-19
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

Subscales:

• Shame Concepts
• Shame Goals
• Pride Concepts
• Pride Goals

Shame Concepts 

• I believe I am a deeply flawed person because of my sexual orientation.
• I feel defective because of my sexual orientation.
• I think my sexual orientation makes me less valuable than other people.
• I believe I am not as worthy as other people because of my sexual orientation.
• I feel like a disappointment because of my sexual orientation.
• I think I am not as good of a person as my straight peers because of my sexual orientation.
• I feel inferior to others because of my sexual orientation.
• I believe my sexual orientation makes me a damaged person.
• My sexual orientation makes me feel wrong.
• I think my sexual orientation makes me a broken person.

Shame Goals

• When my sexual orientation is at risk of being exposed I want to hide.
• I want to make myself as small as possible when someone mentions LGBTQ+ people.
• I try to tone myself down in social situations where my sexual orientation is at risk of being exposed.
• I try to avoid media featuring LGBTQ+ content when I’m with someone that does not know my sexual orientation.
• I start to retreat when my sexual orientation starts to feel too visible.
• I try to get out of a situation when my sexual orientation is starting to show.
• I get overwhelmed with uncomfortable feelings when others can tell that I am not straight.

Pride Concepts 

• I feel my sexual orientation adds value to my life. 
• I think my sexual orientation makes me a more authentic person. 
• My sexual orientation makes me more of who I am. 
• Sharing my sexual orientation with others makes me feel successful.
• My sexual orientation is a core piece of who I am.
• My sexual orientation gives me a sense of purpose.
• My sexual orientation helps me feel more complete.
• My sexual orientation gives me confidence

Pride Goals

• I want to be more connected to the LGBTQ+ community. 
• Connecting to the LGBTQ+ community makes my sexual orientation feel valuable. 
• I am eager to learn new things related to my sexual orientation. 
• I embrace learning new things about my sexual orientation

Responses:

“Participants were first presented with items from the SMIES to which they were asked to rate their level of agreement on a 5-point Likert-like scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither agree or disagree, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree). Participants could also decline to respond to an item.” (Goffnett, 2020)

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

Goffnet, J. M. (2020), The Construction of Shame and Pride Among Sexual Minority Adolescents: a Mixed-Methods Study [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign] ProQuest Information and Learning.