Adaptation and Validation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale into Spanish

• Published in: Journal of homosexuality Vol. 69; no. 5; pp. 925 - 945
• Main Authors: López-Sáez, Miguel Ángel, García-Dauder, Dau, Montero, Ignacio, Lecuona, Óscar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 16-04-2022; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adequacy; Attitude; Attitudes; Aversive; Bisexuality; Bisexuality - psychology; Confirmatory factor analysis; Convergent validity; Factor structure; Female; heteronormativity; Heterosexism; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality, Female - psychology; Humans; Lesbianism; LGBQ evasion; Male; Measures; modern heterosexism; modern homonegativity; negative attitudes; psychological skills; Psychology; Psychosocial factors; Psychosocial intervention; sexism; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Sexual Behavior; Sexual orientation; Sociodemographics; Student attitudes; Translation; negative attitudes; modern heterosexism; heteronormativity; sexism; psychological skills; LGBQ evasion; modern homonegativity
• ISSN: 0091-8369; 1540-3602
• DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2021.1898803

This article presents an instrumental study to validate the adaptation of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale (EASOS) to Spanish. This instrument has been shown to be useful in detecting the potential lack of awareness about the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people among psychology professionals and its possible relationship to contemporary homonegative attitudes. The 596 heterosexual psychology students who participated were given an adaptation into Spanish (back translation). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to study the fit to the factorial structure of the original scale (aversive heterosexism, institutional heterosexism, and heterosexual privilege). The internal consistency of the subscales was adequate (.70-.83). The convergent validity showed positive correlations and significant predictive levels between the EASOS and various attitudinal scales and sociodemographic variables. The findings offer evidence that the EASOS is an adequate instrument to evaluate LGBQ-negativity, particularly in the field of psychosocial intervention.