Assessing Attitudes Toward Trans and Gender Diverse People: Adapting the 'Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs' Scale

Bethany A Jones; Liam Cahill; Daragh T McDermott

doi:10.1080/00918369.2023.2245524

Assessing Attitudes Toward Trans and Gender Diverse People: Adapting the 'Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs' Scale

J Homosex. 2023 Aug 10:1-12. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2245524. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Bethany A Jones¹, Liam Cahill¹, Daragh T McDermott¹

Affiliation

¹ NTU Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.

PMID: 37561420
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2245524

Abstract

This study aimed to update the gender-based terminology of a measure used to assess attitudes toward trans and gender diverse people (the Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale; TABS) in order to reflect appropriate and inclusive language standards and conventions while maintaining the psychometric integrity of the tool. The updated TABS was administered to 247 heterosexual, cisgender adults in the UK. Participants also completed the original TABS as well as measure of self-esteem and social desirability to test construct validity. We demonstrate that after updating the language of the TABS to reflect best-practice, the psychometric properties of the TABS were unaffected.

Keywords: Trans and gender diverse people; attitudes; measure; stigma; transnegativity.