Chung Y B, Katayama M
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61820, USA.
J Homosex. 1996;30(4):49-62. doi: 10.1300/J082v30n04_03.
This article provides a critical review of various methods for assessing sexual orientation in previous lesbian/gay/bisexual studies. A content analysis of 144 lesbian/gay/bisexual studies published in the Journal of Homosexuality (Volumes 1 to 24; 1974-93) was conducted by two independent reviewers. Findings suggest that women and bisexuals were underrepresented, and, in about one third of the studies, participants' sexual orientations were assumed rather than assessed. Five methods for the assessment of sexual orientation were identified, with self-identification (as heterosexual/homosexual/bisexual/lesbian/gay) the most typical. Each assessment method was critically examined and a 2-by-2 multidimensional assessment model was suggested for use in lesbian/gay/bisexual studies.
本文对以往女同性恋/男同性恋/双性恋研究中评估性取向的各种方法进行了批判性综述。两位独立评审员对发表于《同性恋杂志》（第1卷至第24卷；1974 - 1993年）的144项女同性恋/男同性恋/双性恋研究进行了内容分析。研究结果表明，女性和双性恋者的代表性不足，并且在约三分之一的研究中，参与者的性取向是被假定的而非经过评估的。确定了五种评估性取向的方法，其中自我认同（作为异性恋/同性恋/双性恋/女同性恋/男同性恋）最为典型。对每种评估方法都进行了批判性审视，并提出了一个2×2多维评估模型供女同性恋/男同性恋/双性恋研究使用。
