Psychometrics of an Internalized Homophobia Instrument for Men

The Multi-Axial Gay Men's Inventory–Men's Short Version (MAGI–MSV) assesses internalized homophobia via 20 items and 3 dimensions. This study extended the psychometric examination of the MAGI–MSV. The instrument was administered to 228 ethnically diverse HIV-negative gay men seeking counseling in New York City (mean age = 35, age range = 16–70). Following principal axis factoring and parallel analyses, 4 factors emerged and 14 items were...