Poteat V Paul, Espelage Dorothy L
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Educational Psychology, Champaign 61820, USA.
Violence Vict. 2005 Oct;20(5):513-28.
This investigation quantitatively examines the association among homophobic content, bullying, victimization, empathy, and several psychosocial outcomes of these constructs. The 2-factor Homophobic Content Agent Target (HCAT) scale was developed and validated among 191 middle school students to assess the extent to which students both use and are called various epithets in reference to sexual orientation. Cronbach reliability coefficients of alpha = .85 were obtained for both factors. Convergent validity was demonstrated with scales measuring bullying, fighting, victimization, relational aggression and victimization, anxiety and depression, and delinquency. Discriminant validity was demonstrated in comparison with school sense of belonging, empathy, and perspective-taking. Discriminative validity was demonstrated through sex differences on several scales. Results strongly suggest that homophobic content is prevalent in various forms of aggression and victimization, and that future research should examine the role of homophobia in bullying and victimization in schools.
本调查定量研究了恐同内容、欺凌、受欺负、同理心以及这些构念的若干心理社会结果之间的关联。在191名中学生中开发并验证了双因素恐同内容施动者目标（HCAT）量表，以评估学生在性取向方面使用和被称呼各种侮辱性称呼的程度。两个因素的克朗巴哈信度系数均为α = 0.85。通过测量欺凌、打架、受欺负、关系性攻击与受欺负、焦虑和抑郁以及犯罪行为的量表证明了收敛效度。与学校归属感、同理心和换位思考能力相比，证明了区分效度。通过几个量表上的性别差异证明了判别效度。结果有力地表明，恐同内容在各种形式的攻击和受欺负行为中普遍存在，未来的研究应考察恐同在学校欺凌和受欺负行为中的作用。
