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. 2013 Jan;46(1):3-25.
doi: 10.1177/0748175612449743.

The Daily Heterosexist Experiences Questionnaire: Measuring Minority Stress Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults

Kimberly F Balsam  1 , Blair Beadnell, Yamile Molina
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The Daily Heterosexist Experiences Questionnaire: Measuring Minority Stress Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults

Kimberly F Balsam et al. Meas Eval Couns Dev. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

The authors conducted a three-phase, mixed-methods study to develop a self-report measure assessing the unique aspects of minority stress for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. The Daily Heterosexist Experiences Questionnaire has 50 items and nine subscales with acceptable internal reliability, and construct and concurrent validity. Mean sexual orientation and gender differences were found.

Keywords: diversity; exploratory factor analysis; measurement.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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