Application of Herek's attitudes toward lesbians and gay men scale in The Netherlands

national sample of 921 respondents from the Dutch populadon completed the translated, slightly modified version of Herek's Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale, originally developed in the USA for the assessment of attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. The present study was the first attempt to test the applicability of the scale in the Netherlands. In line with previous American findings, all scale items loaded highly on one factor. The scores also correlated wich another measure of attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, namely, 'denial of equal rights' (r = .76), and wich 'traditional view of women' (r=.48), 'importance of traditional marriage' ( r =.53), and 'authoritarianism' (r=.31). Data support the scale's acceptable reliability and construct and discriminant validity