Scale of Sexual Prejudice Against Bisexuals: Evidence of Validity

Nathália Nicácio de Freitas Nery Master’s Candidate in Psychology at the University of Brasília (UNB). Bachelor degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba. E-mail: nath_nery@hotmail.com.br

Tátila Rayane de Sampaio Brito PhD in Social Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba, with a doctoral internship at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba. Bachelor degree in Psychology from Federal University of Piauí. Professor at the Department of Psychology at Cruzeiro do Sul University - São Paulo. E-mail: tatila.rayane@hotmail.com

Tailson Evangelista Mariano PhD in Social Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba. Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba. Bachelor degree in Psychology from Federal University of Piauí. Professor at the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Pernambuco and Researcher at the Laboratory of Cyberpsychology and Digital Humanities. Collaborating researcher at the Media Psychology Laboratory (UFPB). Member of the International Society for Research on Aggression. E-mail: tailson.mariano@unicap.br

Emerson Araújo Do Bú PhD Candidate in Social Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon/Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba. Bachelor degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Campina Grande E-mail: emerson.bu@campus.ul.pt

Cicero Roberto Pereira PhD in Experimental Social Psychology from the University Institute of Lisbon. Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and Professor of Social Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the Federal University of Paraíba. E-mail: cicero.pereira@ics.ulisboa.pt

Items	Main Factor of the EPSB-br
10. Eu evito pessoas bissexuais.	0.757
13. Pessoas bissexuais não conseguem controlar seus impulsos sexuais.	0.720
14. Me sinto apreensivo(a) na presença de pessoas bissexuais.	0.639
11. Quando conheço uma pessoa bissexual, eu penso: “Que desperdício”.	0.489
08. Eu ficaria com raiva se uma pessoa bissexual me fizesse propostas de natureza sexual.	0.488
09. Eu me sinto ansioso(a) quando tenho que interagir com pessoas bissexuais.	0.455
04. Pessoas bissexuais me deixam nervoso(a).	0.450
02. Me sinto confortável perto de pessoas bissexuais.	-0.413
07. Pessoas bissexuais não são confiáveis.	0.408
06. Pessoas bissexuais são incapazes de se manter em um relacionamento monogâmico.	0.400
12. Pessoas bissexuais querem fazer sexo com todo mundo.	0.329
05. Pessoas bissexuais merecem ser discriminadas.	0.303
01. Eu não gosto de pessoas bissexuais.	0.285
03. Eu agrediria uma pessoa bissexual por tentar flertar comigo.	0.159
*Eigenvalue*	3.19
% Variance	22.8
Cronbach’s Alpha	α = 0.71
McDonald’s Omega	ω = 0.72

Items	a	b1	b2	b3	b4	b5
1	2.383	.796	1.350	1.673	2.116	2.709
2	2.226	1.376	1.897	2.290	2.386	2.736
3	1.632	.907	1.267	1.702	2.217	2.633
4	1.747	1.700	2.344	2.717	3.186	-
5	1.346	0.383	.889	1.488	2.024	2.626
6	1.980	1.276	1.837	2.380	2.761	3.113
7	2.463	1.696	2.112	2.440	2.780	2.899
8	1.675	1.322	1.735	2.251	3.062	3.171
9	2.265	1.292	1.806	2.123	2.411	2.812
10	4.677	1.261	1.642	1.909	2.496	2.682

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