title: Measuring multiple minority stress: the LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.
abstract: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals who are also racial/ethnic minorities (LGBT-POC) are a multiply marginalized population subject to microaggressions associated with both racism and heterosexism. To date, research on this population has been hampered by the lack of a measurement tool to assess the unique experiences associated with the intersection of these oppressions. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted a three-phase, mixed method empirical study to assess microaggressions among LGBT-POC. The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale is an 18-item self-report scale assessing the unique types of microaggressions experienced by ethnic minority LGBT adults. The measure includes three subscales: (a) Racism in LGBT communities, (b) Heterosexism in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities, and (c) Racism in Dating and Close Relationships, that are theoretically consistent with prior literature on racial/ethnic minority LGBTs and have strong psychometric properties including internal consistency and construct validity in terms of correlations with measures of psychological distress and LGBT-identity variables. Men scored higher on the LGBT-PCMS than women, lesbians and gay men scored higher than bisexual women and men, and Asian Americans scored higher than African Americans and Latina/os.
authors: School of Social Work.
authors: Kimberly F
authors: KF
authors: Balsam
authors: Department of Psychology.
authors: Yamile
authors: Y
authors: Molina
authors: School of Social Work.
authors: Blair
authors: B
authors: Beadnell
authors: Department of Psychology.
authors: Jane
authors: 0000-0002-8711-1576
authors: J
authors: Simoni
authors: School of Social Work.
authors: Karina
authors: K
authors: Walters
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