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1Child Care and Youth Services, Child Development Department, Vocational School of Health Care Services, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Purpose:
The objective of this study is to develop the Sexual Orientation Myths Scale (SOMS) and to specify its validity and reliability.
Design And Methods:
This is a methodological research. Voluntary participiants studying at a state university in Turkey constituted the samples of the research.
Findings:
The Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale is 0.85. In the factor analysis carried out with the remaining 19 items on the scale, a five-factor structure that explained 57.628% of the variance and had a factor loading value of above 0.40 emerged. Factorial model of scale was found an excellent fit.
Practice Implications:
The scale can be beneficial for individuals to determine their adoption levels of sexual orientation-related myths and for providing data for health education programs planned to be created.
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