Psychometric measures used in sexuality and gender studies

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Social Processes: Methodology · Types of test

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• Bem Scale
• Harry Benjamin's Gender Identity Scale
• Coleman Model of Clinical Assessment of Sexual Orientation
• Kinsey scale
• Klein scale
• Sell Assessment of Sexual Orientation
• Shively/DeCecco Scale

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Key texts

Books

• Beere, C. A. (1990). Gender roles: A handbook of tests and measures. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
• Beere, C. A. (1990). Sex and gender issues: A handbook of tests and measures. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
• Beere, C. A. (1979). Women and women's issues: A handbook of tests and measures. San Francisco: Josey-Bass.
• Davis, Clive M., et al. (1997). Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

Papers

• Chung, Y. Barry, and Katayama, Motoni. (1996). Assessment of sexual orientation in lesbian/gay/bisexual studies. Journal of Homosexuality, 30(4), 49-62.
• Ellis, Lee, et al. (1987). Sexual orientation as a continuous variable: A comparison between the sexes. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 16(6), 523-529.
• Gonsiorek, John C., and Weinrich, James D. (1995). Definition and measurement of sexual orientation. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 25(Suppl), 40-51.
• Klein, Fritz, et al. (1985). Sexual orientation: A multi-variable dynamic process. Journal of Homosexuality, 11(1-2), 35-49.

Additional material

Papers

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