Internalized Homophobia

In keeping with the way the scale was originally constructed and validated, and because each of the items indicated a fairly profound lack of self-acceptance, participant were labeled as having IHP if they "agreed" or "strongly agreed" with any of the 9 items (0 = no IHP, 1 = IHP) (from Meth Study, Herrick, 2013, It Gets Better: Resolution of Internalized Homophobia Over Time and Associations with Positive Health Outcomes Among MSM).
ORIENT_ALONE

I felt alienated from myself because of being gay/bisexual.

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_ATTRACT

I tried to stop being attracted to men in general

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_ATTRACTW

I tried to become more sexually attracted to women

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_AVOID

I often felt it was best to avoid personal or social involvement with other gay/bisexual men

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_CHANGE

I wanted to get professional help in order to change my sexual orientation from gay/bisexual to straight.

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_EROTIC

I wished that I could develop more erotic feelings about women.

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_HAPPY

I was happy to be gay/bisexual

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_HETERO

If someone had offered me the chance to be completely heterosexual, I would have accepted the chance.

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_SHRTCMG

I felt that being gay/bisexual was a personal shortcoming for me.

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Internalized Homophobia

ORIENT_WISH

I wished I weren't gay/bisexual

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Internalized Homophobia

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