TY - JOUR
T1 - The Gay Community Involvement Index
T2 - An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Initial Validation of a New Measure of Gay Community Involvement
AU - Foster-Gimbel, Olivia
AU - Doyle, David Matthew
AU - Engeln, Renee
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - This article details initial measure development, exploratory factor analysis, and preliminary validation of the Gay Community Involvement Index (GCII) across two studies. Previous research on gay community involvement has relied on measures that do not distinguish between distinct ways in which men may be involved in the gay community (e.g., going to bars and clubs vs. advocating for political issues). The GCII is a new multidimensional measure of the type and intensity of participation in a variety of activities within the gay community. Exploratory factor analysis suggested four subscales: Community Activities, Nightlife, Media, and Political Activism. We report strong evidence for internal consistency within subscale scores, as well as both convergent and discriminant validity for subscale scores. This measure may help those researching gay men’s health and well-being better understand the impact of different types of community involvement on health and psychosocial outcomes.
AB - This article details initial measure development, exploratory factor analysis, and preliminary validation of the Gay Community Involvement Index (GCII) across two studies. Previous research on gay community involvement has relied on measures that do not distinguish between distinct ways in which men may be involved in the gay community (e.g., going to bars and clubs vs. advocating for political issues). The GCII is a new multidimensional measure of the type and intensity of participation in a variety of activities within the gay community. Exploratory factor analysis suggested four subscales: Community Activities, Nightlife, Media, and Political Activism. We report strong evidence for internal consistency within subscale scores, as well as both convergent and discriminant validity for subscale scores. This measure may help those researching gay men’s health and well-being better understand the impact of different types of community involvement on health and psychosocial outcomes.
KW - Adult
KW - Community Participation/methods
KW - Factor Analysis, Statistical
KW - Homosexuality, Male/psychology
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Reproducibility of Results
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85055967254&origin=inward
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390193
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1271-y
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1271-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 30390193
SN - 0004-0002
VL - 49
SP - 233
EP - 247
JO - Archives of sexual behavior
JF - Archives of sexual behavior
IS - 1
ER -