Table 4.
Parental Attitudes of Gender Expansiveness Scale for Youth
| No. | Item | Perceived parental non-affirmation (Component 1) | Perceived parental acceptance (Component 2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My parent(s) are proud of me | x | |
| 2R | My parent(s) are ashamed of me | x | |
| 3R | My parent(s) try to hide me | x | |
| 4 | I can be myself around my parent(s) | x | |
| 5 | My parent(s) advocate for my rights as a gender-expansive/trans* child | x | |
| 6 | My parent(s) protect me and defend me against others prejudice against gender-expansive/trans* people | x | |
| 7R | My parent(s) have problems with my gender expression | x | |
| 8R | My parent(s) use rewards or treats to pressure me to live as my sex assigned at birth | x | |
| 9 | I can talk to my parent(s) about romantic relationships and dating | x | |
| 10R | My parent(s) worry about how my gender identity will affect our family's image | x | |
| 11R | My parent(s) probably believe they are bad parent(s) because I am gender-expansive/trans* | x | |
| 12R | My parent(s) probably believe that I am gender-expansive/trans* because of something they did wrong | x | |
| 13 | My parent(s) are supportive of my gender transition | x | |
| 14R | My parent(s) are worried that my gender identity is a bad influence on other kids in my family | x |
Response scale: 1—strongly disagree, 2—disagree, 3—neither disagree nor agree, 4—agree, 5—strongly agree (“R” above, indicates a reverse-coded item).