Sensitivity Toward Gender and Sexually Diverse Populations: Development of a Scale

Lynn Rew; Heather Becker; Mengjia Tang; Yun Liu; Yidan Wang; Emily Croce

doi:10.3928/01484834-20220613-01

Sensitivity Toward Gender and Sexually Diverse Populations: Development of a Scale

Lynn Rew
, Heather Becker
, Mengjia Tang
, Yun Liu
, Yidan Wang
, Emily Croce

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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.]

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-389
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Nursing Education
Volume	61
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20220613-01
State	Published - Jul 2022
Externally published	Yes

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