Abstract
Sexual minorities—people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, etc.—experience unique forms of discrimination. Yet few validated measures assess sexual minority discrimination, and none allow for comparison with other forms of discrimination. I examined an adaption of the Brief Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire-Community Version (PEDQ-CVB) for use with sexual minorities (PSMDQ-CVB). Sexual minority participants complete the PSMDQ-CVB online in addition to measures of harassment, sexual minority identity, and well-being (N = 528). Exploratory factor analysis found that the PSMDQ-CVB's factor structure was inconsistent with the four-factor structure of the original PEDQ-CVB. The 16 items retained had strong internal consistency, and good convergent validity with measures of sexual minority discrimination. The PSMDQ-CVB had good divergent validity with measures of stressful life events, and sexual minority identity, and good predictive validity with well-being measures related to discrimination: symptoms of depression, anxiety, and physical ill-being. Results support the psychometric validity of the PSMDQ-CVB.
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