The Brief Transprejudice Scale: Development and Validation

In recent years, research on predictors of transprejudice has increased, yet existing psychometric measures of the construct have limitations, including outdated terminology, conflation of gender atypicality with trans identity and a lack of multidimensional structure. We report on the development and validation of the Brief Transprejudice Scale (BTS), a concise yet multifaceted measure of transprejudice. In Study 1 ( N = 341), exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis were used to refine an initial item pool, resulting in a three-factor (negative affect, category exclusion and moralism) 14-item scale . In Study 2 ( N = 391), confirmatory factor analysis supported this factor structure, and validity tests demonstrated the scale’s strong concurrent, convergent and divergent validity. Despite its brevity, this new scale provides a psychometrically sound and efficient tool that allows researchers to capture multiple aspects of transprejudice.