Revalidating a Measure of Parents' Attitudes Toward Gender and Sexuality Diversity-Inclusive Curricula in an Australian National Sample

J Homosex. 2024 May 11;71(6):1536-1559. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2178355. Epub 2023 Mar 8.

Abstract

This paper details revalidation of a higher-order (HO) version of the Parental Attitudes Toward Inclusiveness Instrument (PATII), measuring parents' attitudes toward curricular inclusivity of gender and sexuality diversity. The 48-item scale includes two HO factors: Supports and Barriers, and one first-order factor: Parental Capability. Responses from parents of government-school students (N = 2093) provided evidence for scale reliability, validity, and measurement invariance.

Keywords: Construct validity; education; exploratory structural equation modeling; gender and sexuality diversity; parents.

MeSH terms

  • Australia
  • Curriculum
  • Humans
  • Parents
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities*
  • Sexuality
  • Surveys and Questionnaires