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Scales for measuring fear of AIDS and homophobia.

J Pers Assess. 1987 Winter;51(4):606-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88062015
Bouton RA; Gallaher PE; Garlinghouse PA; Leal T; Rosenstein LD; Young RK; Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78713.

Abstract: Two scales, one for measuring attitudes toward the fear of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and one for measuring attitude toward homosexuality, were constructed using Thurstone's method of equal-appearing intervals. After construction, the scales were given to 528 students at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 1985 to determine their respective reliabilities. Factor analyses were also done to determine what factors underlie the attitudes measured by the two scales and to determine if fear of AIDS and homophobia are in fact simply two facets of the same attitude: fear of homosexuals. The results indicated high reliabilities of both scales and a relatively low correlation between the two scales suggesting that the scales do measure different attitudes.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY *Attitude *Fear *Homosexuality Human *Personality Tests Psychometrics JOURNAL ARTICLE

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