Preliminary Psychometric Analysis of the Scale of Perceived Attitudes in Therapy towards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People

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Caleb Esteban
Juan A. González Rivera
Margarita Francia Martínez

Abstract

In Puerto Rico, like other countries, there are negative attitudes towards sexual and gender minorities, especially towards lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. Various studies on the island have found negative attitudes and social distance on the part of psychology professionals towards the LGB community. However, there was no information on how LGB people perceived attitudes in the therapy space. As there is no scale to measure this phenomenon, the Scale of Perceived Attitudes in Therapy towards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People is constructed. The sample was non-probabilistic and made up of 104 participants who identified themselves as LGB. When reviewing the distribution of the items according to their factor load, two factors were identified: "Negative Attitude" and "Positive Attitude". Both the total scale and the two factors showed acceptable coefficients. In summary, the preliminary findings of this study demonstrated that the scale has the ability to examine the attitudes of therapists.

Keywords:
LGB/LGBT psychotherapy perception attitudes validation

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Author Biographies

Caleb Esteban, Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico

PhD en Psicología Clínica. Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico. 

Juan A. González Rivera, Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico

PsyD en Psicología Clínica. Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico

Margarita Francia Martínez, Universidad Carlos Albizu, Puerto Rico

PhD en Psicología Clínica. Universidad Carlos Albizu, Puerto Rico