Department of Educational Administration and Psychological Services, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, USA.
J Homosex. 2010;57(3):415-28. doi: 10.1080/00918360903543154.
Many lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals manage the degree to which their sexual orientation is known to others. Visibility management, the process of regulating the exposure of one's orientation, is an important part of the lesbian/gay/bisexual experience in community, family, and virtually all other social settings. The degree to which one allows his or her sexual orientation to be visible can have a profound impact on stress, health, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to develop a valid and reliable measure of visibility management. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual-Visibility Management Scale was constructed and piloted with a small sample of LGB adults. Results support the potential utility of the LGB scale based on satisfactory evidence of construct validity, item-level discrimination, and subscale reliability.
许多同性恋、双性恋和异性恋（LGB）个体都在管理他们的性取向被他人知晓的程度。可见度管理，即调节一个人取向暴露程度的过程，是同性恋/双性恋/异性恋在社区、家庭和几乎所有其他社会环境中的重要经历的一部分。一个人允许自己的性取向可见的程度会对压力、健康、自尊、人际关系和生活质量产生深远影响。本研究的目的是开发一种有效的、可靠的可见度管理测量工具。构建了《同性恋、双性恋、异性恋可见度管理量表》，并对一小部分 LGB 成年人进行了试点测试。结果基于构建效度、项目区分度和子量表信度的令人满意的证据，支持了 LGB 量表的潜在效用。
