1. Gay Community Stress Scale with Its Cultural Translation and Adaptions in Taiwan
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Chung-Ying Lin, Yu-Te Huang, Chiu-Hsiang Lee, Chia-Wei Fan, and Cheng-Fang Yen
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Male ,Psychometrics ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Taiwan ,Homosexuality, Female ,Reproducibility of Results ,gay ,bisexual men ,stress ,mental health ,Sexual and Gender Minorities ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Bisexuality ,Humans ,Female ,Translations - Abstract
The present study aimed to adapt the Gay Community Stress Scale (GCSS) into the traditional Chinese version for measuring gay community stress experienced. Additionally, we examined its psychometric propensities among gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Taiwan. In total, 736 GBM participated in this study and completed the 35-item traditional Chinese version of the GCSS (29 items from the original GCSS and six items from the results of the focus group interviews among GBM in Taiwan); the Measure of Internalized Sexual Stigma for Lesbians and Gay Men (MISS-LG); the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Exploratory factor analysis results suggest a five-factor structure (i.e., Sex, Status, Competition, Exclusion, and Externals) for the 32-item traditional Chinese version of the GCSS among Taiwanese GBM; three items were deleted due to low factor loadings (i.e.
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- 2022
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