Abstract
Unfortunately, the literature fails to reflect consistency with its use of the terms “sex,” “gender,” “gender role,” “sexual orientation,” “sexual preference,” and associated concepts. As a result, scales titled as “gender” refer in actuality to biological sex; assessment instruments targeting “gender” may be used to assess sexual orientation, and so forth. Still other scales may have multiple uses.
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Loue, S. (2006). Measures of Sex, Gender, Gender Role, and Sexual Orientation. In: Assessing Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32462-3_7
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