Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
DOI
10.1111/pere.12561
Publication Title
Personal Relationships
Pages
1-20
Abstract
Previous research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and various sexually and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) people has largely highlighted how experiences of discrimination and marginalization, and mental health outcomes are related. However, it is important that researchers operate from a strength-based approach to identify how aspects of one's identity may foster resilience. It is crucial that people working with LGBTQ+ individuals have empirically supported and culturally verified measures to assess such constructs. In this regard, the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure (LGB-PIM) developed by Riggle et al. (2014) was aimed to be translated into Turkish, examining its psychometric properties and validity using a sample of 450 LGBTQ+ people from Turkey. Participants' mean age was 22.44 (SD = 4.61; range = 18–47) and most of them were educated. The five-factor structure of the LGB-PIM and its five subscales (authenticity, community, intimacy, self-awareness, and social justice) was validated by the findings of confirmatory factor analyses. Future researchers may wish to use LGB-PIM in studies that are designed to understand positive aspects among LGBTQ+ individuals such as resilience and coping and their associations with any type of close relationships (i.e., romantic relationships, friendships, family relations).
Rights
© 2024 The Authors.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Data Availability
Article states: "The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. (https://osf.io/tsj8v?view_only=7cb973c45b2c4)."
ORCID
0000-0002-2095-4480 (Barburoğlu)
Original Publication Citation
Barburoğlu, Y., Çürükvelioğlu-Köksal, E., Özgülük Üçok, S. B., Gandhi, Y., Lannutti, P. J., & Randall, A. K. (2024). Measuring positive LGBTQ+ identity: Psychometric properties of the Turkish Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure. Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12561
Repository Citation
Barburoğlu, Yusuf; Çürükvelioğlu-Köksal, Eda; Özgülük Üçok, S. Burcu; Gandhi, Yuvamathi; Lannutti, Pamela J.; and Randall, Ashley K., "Measuring Positive LGBTQ+ Identity: Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure" (2024). Counseling & Human Services Faculty Publications. 105.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/chs_pubs/105