LGBT Minority Stress Measure: Psychometric Analysis in a Venezuelan Sample
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https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v24.n2.46491Keywords:
translation, minority stress, LGBTI people, reliability, validityAbstract
Minority stress is experienced by people belonging to stigmatized and marginalized minorities. Although instruments have been developed for people with minority sexual orientations and gender identities, few are available in Spanish. It was proposed to conduct a psychometric analysis of the Outland LGBT Minority Stress Measure in Venezuelans. Through a non-probabilistic sampling, 223 LGBTI people were surveyed via an online form. Confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of an adequate fit between the data and the seven-dimensional model (χ2/gl = 2.17; GFI = 097; CFI = .98; RMSEA = .07). Evidence of reliability (ω = .88) and validity of the instrument was found: for convergent validity, positive associations were found with depression (r = .53) and suicidal ideation (r = .50), and a negative association with remembered well-being (r = -.44), as evidence of divergent validity. This Spanish version presents adequate psychometric properties for being used in Venezuelan samples.
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