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Chantal Kasch1, Cameron E Lindsay1, Stefan G Hofmann1
1Philipps-University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Schulstraße 12, D-35037 Marburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Social anxiety is a common, but under-researched topic in the LGBTQIA+ community. We conducted a scoping review of studies between January 2014 and April 2024 that included LGBTQIA+ samples with social anxiety scales evaluating scales for outdated language. The search produced 1155 results out of which 17 articles fit the inclusion criteria. The results suggest that 47 % of the measures include items that reinforce heteronormative or cisnormative stereotypes and 29.4 % of studies included scales inappropriate for the population under investigation. Therefore, the wordings of certain items need to be adapted to fit the investigated population and a re-examination of the psychometric properties of the revised scales is needed.
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