Gender Role Conflict Scale: Validation for a Sample of Gay Men and Lesbian Women

This study tested the oblique four-factor model of the Gender Role Conflict Scale for a sample of gay men and lesbian women residing in the United States. 400 gay men and 292 lesbian women recruited from university and college gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender LISTSERVs participated. The inter...

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Published in:Psychological reports 2012-02, Vol.110 (1), p.227-232
Main Authors: Herdman, Kevin J., Fuqua, Dale R., Choi, Namok, Newman, Jody L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Conflict (Psychology)
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Gender Identity
Homosexuality, Female - psychology
Homosexuality, Female - statistics & numerical data
Homosexuality, Male - psychology
Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
United States
Young Adult
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Summary:This study tested the oblique four-factor model of the Gender Role Conflict Scale for a sample of gay men and lesbian women residing in the United States. 400 gay men and 292 lesbian women recruited from university and college gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender LISTSERVs participated. The internal consistency reliability of the Gender Role Conflict Scale scores was high, but low means on the expressive dimension of gender role conflict were noted. The results of two separate sets of confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the four-factor model's fit to the data could be enhanced for both groups by applying item parceling to lower the number of indicators per factor, suggesting that the actual structural validity of the Gender Role Conflict Scale may be better than suggested by the reported fit indices.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/02.07.PR0.110.1.227-232