Table 2.

Factor Analysis for Selected Items of the Identification and Involvement with the Gay Community Scale

Item no.	Item	2-factor solution
		Identification	Involvement
1	It is very important that some of my friends are bisexual/gay.	0.84	−0.02
2	Being gay/bisexual makes me feel like part of a community.	0.80	0.15
3	Being attracted to men is important to my sense of who I am.	0.88	−0.10
4	I feel very distant from the gay community (reverse scaled).	0.09	0.58
6	How often do you attend gay/lesbian organizational activities?	0.04	0.74
7	How often do you go to a gay bar?	0.10	0.70
8	How many gay men would you call personal friends?	0.07	0.63
	Eigenvalue	2.89	1.07
	% of variance	41.29	15.27
	Cronbach’s α	0.81	0.58