The Homosexuality Attitude Scale is a Likert scale which assesses stereotypes, misconceptions, and anxieties toward homosexual people unidimensionally (favorable or unfavorable). The author has stated that the measure is reliable concerning either homosexual males or females.
Authors
Mary E. Kite, Deaux, K. (1986)
Reliability and Validity
Internal consistency alphas >.92
Test-retest reliability r = .71
correlates with FEM Scale (Smith, Ferree, & Miller, 1975) and Attitude Toward Women Scale (Spence & Helmreich, 1978) rs =.50
not related to agency/communion scales of Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence, Helmreich, & Stapp, 1974)
not related to M and F Scale of Bem Sex Role Inventory (Bem, 1974)
not related to Self-monitoring Scale (Snyder, 1974), Marlowe-Crown Social Desirability Scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960), or Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
Obtaining the HAS
The author states1:
Researchers who wish to use the Homosexuality Attitude Scale (Kite & Deaux, 1986) or the Component Measure (LaMar & Kite, 1998) may do so. I ask only that the reference for these measures be reported in any published document and that the researchers send me basic psychometric data (e.g., means, standard deviations, alphas, correlations with other measures) for the measure based on their sample.
http://www.bsu.edu/web/mkite/scales.htm
References
1 http://www.bsu.edu/web/mkite/scales.htm
2 Kite, M.E., & Deaux, K. (1986). Attitudes toward homosexuality: Assessment and behavioral consequences. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 7, 137-162.
