Table 1.

Existing measures of internalized homophobia

Measure (abbreviated name) (reference for psychometric properties)	Relation to other scales	Domains covereda	Evaluated for use with
Lesbian Internalized Homophobia Scale (LIHS) (Szymanski & Chung, 2001)		Personal feelings about being a lesbian Moral and religious attitudes toward lesbians Public identification as a lesbian Attitudes toward other lesbians Connection with the lesbian community	Lesbian women
Self-Identified Lesbian Internalized Homophobia Scale (SLIHS) (Weibley, 2009)		Visibility (Lack of) Connectedness (Lack of) Self-acceptance Judgment (of other lesbians/lesbian lifestyle)	Lesbian women
Measure of Internalized Sexual Stigma for Lesbians and Gay Men (MISS-LG) (Lingiardi et al., 2012)		(Negative gay/lesbian) Identity Social discomfort (related to disclosure) (Negativity regarding gay/lesbian) Sexuality	Gay men; lesbian women
Internalized Homophobia Scale (IHP) by Martin and Dean (Herek et al., 1998; Meyer, 1995)		Negative attitudes towards one’s homosexuality	Gay men; lesbian women
Revised Internalized Homophobia Scale (IHP-R) (Herek et al., 2009)	Based on IHP	Negative attitudes towards one’s homosexuality	Gay/bisexual men; lesbian/bisexual women
Nungesser Homosexual Attitudes Inventory (NHAI) (Nungesser, 1983)		Attitudes toward the fact of one’s own homosexuality Attitudes toward homosexuality in general and toward other homosexual males Attitudes toward the fact of one’s homosexuality being known by others	Gay men
Shidlo’s Revised NHAI (Shidlo, 1994)	Based on NHAI	Subscale self, or personal homonegativity Subscale other, or global homonegativity Subscale disclosure	Gay men
Multi-Axial Gay Men’s Inventory–Men’s Short Version (MAGI-MSV) (Theodore et al., 2013)	Based on Shidlo’s scale	Gay self-assurance and worth Public appearance of homosexuality Extreme/maladaptive measures to eliminate homosexuality Impact of HIV/AIDS on homosexuality	Gay men
Reactions to Homosexuality Scale (RHS) (Ross & Rosser, 1996)		Public identification as gay Perception of stigma associated with being gay Social comfort with gay men Moral and religious acceptability of being gay	Gay men
A shortened version of the RHS (Smolenski et al., 2010)	Based on RHS	Personal comfort with gay identity Social comfort with gay men Public identification as gay	Gay men
Short Internalized Homonegativity Scale (SIHS) (Currie et al., 2004)	Based on RHS	Public identification as gay Sexual comfort with gay men Social comfort with gay men	Gay men
Internalized Homonegativity Inventory (IHNI) (Mayfield, 2001)		Personal homonegativity Morality of homosexuality Gay affirmation	Gay men

Note. This table results from a thorough search but is unlikely to be exhaustive of published IH scales. The table also does not include scales which have been used but are without formal psychometric evaluation.

^aIn the Domains column, the words in brackets were added by this paper’s authors to clarify the contents of several scale domains.