Attitudes Towards Homoparentality: Psychometric Validation of two Scales in a Sample of Mexican Students
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https://doi.org/10.29375/01237047.2362Keywords:
Homosexualidad, Responsabilidad parental, Actitud, Escalas, Psicometría, Estudiantes, Homosexuality, Parenting, Attitude, Scales, Psychometrics, Students.Abstract
Introduction: The legalization of so-called same-sex marriage, and minor adoptions by homosexual couples, is a recent phenomenon that must be studied; for this reason, it is necessary to have reliable measures that allow giving on account of how society perceives this new family configuration. Objective: To determine the psychometric properties of two scales: Attitudes Towards Homoparental Families (AFFH), and beliefs about the adjustment of children from homoparental families (CANFH). Methodology: The AFFH, with 20-item scale, was designed to analyze the attitudes toward homoparental families. The CANFH has 14 items organized in two subscales, the individual opposition (OI) and normative opposition (ON). Both scales have statements that must be answered with Likert-type options ranging from 1 (totally agree) to 5 (strongly disagree). The CANFH was answered by 170 college students (78 (46%) males, 92 (54%) females; Average age: 18.4 SD 0.94), and the AFFH by 88 college students (35 (40%) males, 53 (60%) females, average age: 18.2 SD + 0.84). Also, the psychometric properties were determined by means of factorial analysis and internal consistency. Results: AFFH items were organized into two factors that explained the 46.14% of variance with a 0.91 Cronbach’s alpha. CANFH items were grouped in a two-factor subscale that explained the 65.49% of variance with a 0.94 Cronbach’s alpha. Conclusions: The data of both CANFH and AFFH scales have adequate psychometric properties to measure, not only Mexican college students’ attitudes toward same-sex families, but also to assess the beliefs about children’s adjustment in same-sex families. [Barragán-Pérez V, Berenzon-Gorn S, García-De la Torre GS, Lara-Muñoz MDC. Attitudes Towards Homoparentality: Psychometric Validation of two Scales in a Sample of Mexican Students. MedUNAB 2016; 19(2):85-94].Author Biographies
Virginia Barragán-Pérez, UNAM
Candidata a Doctor por el programa de Ciencias médicas, odontológicas y de la salud, en el área de Salud Mental Pública, del posgrado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Puesto: Técnico académico
Adscripción: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental de la Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM
Shoshana Berenzon-Gorn, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Doctora en Psicología. Investigadora en la Dirección de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Sociales. Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Guadalupe Silvia García-De la Torre, UNAM
Maestra en Ciencias Sociomédicas (Epidemiología). Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. UNAM
María del Carmen Lara-Muñoz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Doctora en Ciencias Médicas. Facultad de Medicina. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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Barragán-Pérez V, Berenzon-Gorn S, García-De la Torre GS, Lara-Muñoz M del C. Attitudes Towards Homoparentality: Psychometric Validation of two Scales in a Sample of Mexican Students. MedUNAB [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 1 [cited 2026 Nov. 15];19(2):85-94. Available from: https://revistas.unab.edu.co/medunab/article/view/2362
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