Development and Validation of the Behaviors Toward Gays and Lesbians Scale (B-GAL)

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dc.contributor.advisorFassinger, Ruth Een_US
dc.contributor.authorWalton, Heather Marieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-11T10:00:52Z
dc.date.available2005-10-11T10:00:52Z
dc.date.issued2005-07-14en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis discusses the current state of research regarding attitudes and behaviors toward lesbians and gay men and outlines the development and testing of the Behaviors Toward Gays and Lesbians Scale (B-GAL). Establishment of internal consistency reliability and construct validity (convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity, as well as factor analysis) was determined on a sample of 175 female and male heterosexual college students. Results suggested a highly internally consistent and valid behavioral measure consisting of three factors. The thesis also discusses the use of the B-GAL in providing a preliminary assessment of college students' behaviors toward lesbians and gay men.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2863
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgayen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlesbianen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledheterosexualen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledalliesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmeasureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledscaleen_US
dc.titleDevelopment and Validation of the Behaviors Toward Gays and Lesbians Scale (B-GAL)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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