RT Journal Article
T1 Variables of Negative Impact on Mental Health in the LGBT Population: Identification of Measurement Scales—A Systematic Review
A1 García Sánchez, José Rufino
A1 Gago Valiente, Francisco Javier
A1 Arana Rodríguez, Andrés
A1 Moreno Sánchez, Emilia
K1 Education
K1 Health care
K1 Homophobia
K1 Public health
K1 Transphobia
AB The scientific literature was reviewed to systematically identify and characterize validated scales measuring homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, as well as the biopsychosocial consequences derived from these attitudes in sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. The search was conducted in the WOS, Scopus, and Medline databases, limited to studies published between January 2015 and January 2024. This review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, and its quality was evaluated using the Effective Public Health Practice Project instrument. The criteria of the PRISMA declaration for systematic reviews were applied. Among the 78 articles initially selected, 9 met the established eligibility criteria. In these 9 articles, 13 validated scales were identified, covering attitudes toward sexual and gender minorities, internalised stigma, minority stress and resilience, parental acceptance, and experiences of bullying and cyberbullying in SGM populations. The findings reveal substantial fragmentation in the available measurement landscape, with most instruments lacking cross-cultural validation, measurement invariance testing, and construct coverage beyond Western, English- or Spanish-speaking contexts. These results should be interpreted with caution given the limited number of included studies and the absence of meta-analytic quantification. This review proposes the development of a novel intermodular measurement system as a priority research agenda and identifies key implications for specialized psychiatric and clinical practice, public health surveillance, and future research.
PB MDPI
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28649
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28649
LA eng
NO García-Sánchez, J.-R.; Gago-Valiente, F.-J.; Arana-Rodríguez, A.; Moreno-Sánchez, E. Variables of Negative Impact on Mental Health in the LGBT Population: Identification of Measurement Scales—A Systematic Review. Psychiatry Int. 2026, 7, 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint7040146
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 14 jul 2026