___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attitudes Towards Homosexuality Scale (AH-25) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCRIPT INFO Scale Author(s): - Juan Manuel Falomir-Pischastor (Juan.Falomir@unige.ch), Université de Genève - Gabriel Mugny (Gabriel.Mugny@unige.ch), Université de Genève Script Author: - Joel Anderson (Joel.Anderson@unige.ch), Université de Genève Millisecond Software thanks J. Anderson for sharing this script! last updated: 03-31-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script contains a scale designed to measure modern attitudes towards homosexuals and homosexuality. The scale was validated in the following article: Falomir-Pichastor, J. M., & Mugny, G. (2009). “I’m not gay.... I’m a real man!”: Heterosexual Men’s Gender Self-Esteem and Sexual Prejudice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. doi: 10.1177/0146167209338072 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scale ranges from 1 (not at all in agreement) to 7 = (absolutely in agreement). After reverse scoring appropriate items, a score for attitudes toward homosexuality is computed by averaging the responses to the items (in this script: expressions.AH_score in the summary data file). NOTES: THE ITEMS ARE REVERSE SCORED WITHIN THE SCRIPT (no further recoding will need to take place after downloading the data). *2 Versions available* Two versions of this test are available. The main version is a 25-item scale that captures attitudes towards homosexuals (run as default version -> check section EDITABLE PARAMETERS). (Reverse scored items are 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 19, 21, 24). A short form is also available which comprises 16 items. (Items are 4*, 5, 6, 7*, 9*, 11, 12*, 13, 14, 15*, 16, 18, 21*, 22, 23, 25) (Items marked with * are reverse scored) *Multiple Languages* This scale (full version and short form) is also available in French and Spanish, and is currently being validated in Turkish. These versions (French, Spanish) are all available within this script. By default, the script runs the English version. To change: go to section EDITABLE PARAMETERS and change setting for parameters.language *Scale Advantages* Items have been constructed to assess a range of relevant dimensions. Specifically, items relate to: * morality (e.g., “Homosexuality is contrary to the values of the family”), * feelings toward homosexuals (e.g., “I feel sympathy for homosexuals”), * civil rights endorsement (e.g., “Homosexual couples should have the right to adopt children”, and * acceptance of contact with homosexuals (Thus, a higher score represents positive attitudes towards homosexuals) Items have been crafted to assess modern attitudes (in order to capture attitudes towards homosexuals whilst considering that in some cultures this group is normatively protected). *Validation Details* A pilot study including heterosexual participants (38 women and 29 men) provided convergent validity for this scale; positive attitude toward homosexuality was negatively correlated with the Modern Homonegativity Scale (Morrison & Morrison, 2002; adapted for homosexuals in general), r = –.61, p < .001, and with the Attitude Toward Lesbians and Gay Men scale (Herek, 1988), r = –.73, p < .001 (–.71 for ATG and –.58 for the ATL subscales). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ long version: ~1.5-2min short version: ~1minute ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'AttitudesTowardsHomosexuality*.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'AttitudesTowardsHomosexuality_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) (parameter) language: the language the questionnaire is run in 1 = English (default); 2 = French; 3 = Spanish (parameter) version: the version the questionnaire is run in 1 = 25 questions (default); 2 = 16 questions countresponses: counts the number of questions that were answered AH_score: calculates the average score based on the answered questions (see values.countresponses) (Min: 1; Max: 7 => a higher score represents positive attitudes towards homosexuals) Note: requires participant to answer all questions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check under EDITABLE CODE below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /language: determines the language the questionnaire is run in 1 = English (default); 2 = French; 3 = Spanish /version : determines the version of the questionnaire 1 = 25 questions (default); 2 = 16 questions