Measuring sexual behavior stigma among cisgender men who have sex with men: an assessment of cross-country measurement invariance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Globally, cisgender men who have sex with men experience sexual stigma, but limited investigation of cross-population scale performance hinder comparisons. As measurement invariance is a necessary but seldom-established criterion of valid cross-cultural comparisons, we assessed invariance in scales of stigma related to sexual behavior across 9 countries.

Methods

This secondary analysis used data collected from adult (mean age=29.6, standard deviation=12.5) cisgender men who have sex with men (n=8,669) in studies from 6 West African, 2 Southern African, and 1 North American country from 2012-2016. A common item set assessed 2 sexual behavior stigma domains. A sequential process was used to test the factor structure and measurement invariance, which included multigr

SUBMITTER: Murray SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343079 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature