TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensitivity Toward Gender and Sexually Diverse Populations
T2 - Development of a Scale
AU - Rew, Lynn
AU - Becker, Heather
AU - Tang, Mengjia
AU - Liu, Yun
AU - Wang, Yidan
AU - Croce, Emily
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Background: Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or nonbinary (LGBTQIA+) experience inequitable access to and utilization of health care services. Nurses’ lack of awareness and sensitivity may contribute to this phenomenon. Purpose: This article describes the development and validation of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Sensitivity Scale (GSDSS). A sample of 210 undergraduate nursing students from a large research-intensive university completed the scale online. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted. Results: Factor analysis illustrated a three-factor construct of the scale (i.e., General Education Experience, Cognitive Awareness, and Comfort With Interactions); Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranged from .66 to .91, and the total scale alpha coefficient was .782. Conclusion: The GSDSS has evidence of construct validity and reliability, and can be used in studies that include nursing and other health professional students. [JNurs Educ. 2022;61(7):383-389.]
AB - Background: Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or nonbinary (LGBTQIA+) experience inequitable access to and utilization of health care services. Nurses’ lack of awareness and sensitivity may contribute to this phenomenon. Purpose: This article describes the development and validation of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Sensitivity Scale (GSDSS). A sample of 210 undergraduate nursing students from a large research-intensive university completed the scale online. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted. Results: Factor analysis illustrated a three-factor construct of the scale (i.e., General Education Experience, Cognitive Awareness, and Comfort With Interactions); Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranged from .66 to .91, and the total scale alpha coefficient was .782. Conclusion: The GSDSS has evidence of construct validity and reliability, and can be used in studies that include nursing and other health professional students. [JNurs Educ. 2022;61(7):383-389.]
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U2 - 10.3928/01484834-20220613-01
DO - 10.3928/01484834-20220613-01
M3 - Article
C2 - 35858131
AN - SCOPUS:85134771245
SN - 0148-4834
VL - 61
SP - 383
EP - 389
JO - Journal of Nursing Education
JF - Journal of Nursing Education
IS - 7
ER -