Clinical Preparedness | M (SD) | Attitudinal Awareness | M (SD) | Basic Knowledge | M (SD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I would feel unprepared talking with a LGBT client/patient about issues related to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.b | 4.65 (1.55) | I think being transgender is a mental disorder.b | 6.24 (1.34) | I am aware of institutional barriers that may inhibit transgender people from using health care services. | 5.49 (1.29) |
I have received adequate clinical training and supervision to work with transgender clients/patients. | 3.07 (1.55) | A same sex relationship between two men or two women is not as strong and committed as one between a man and a woman.b | 6.72 (0.90) | I am aware of institutional barriers that may inhibit LGB people from using health care services. | 5.39 (1.30) |
I have received adequate clinical training and supervision to work with LGB clients/patients. | 3.66 (1.69) | LGB individuals must be discreet about their sexual orientation around children.b | 6.31 (1.20) | I am aware of research indicating that LGB individuals experience disproportionate levels of health and mental health problems compared to heterosexual individuals. | 5.97 (1.24) |
I have experience working with LGB clients/patients. | 4.02 (1.85) | When it comes to transgender individuals, I believe they are morally deviant.b | 6.65 (0.98) | I am aware of research indicating that transgender individuals experience disproportionate levels of health and mental problems compared to cisgender individuals. | 6.07 (1.22) |
I feel competent to assess a person who is LGB in a therapeutic setting. | 4.37 (1.68) | The lifestyle of a LGB individual is unnatural or immoral.b | 6.52 (1.23) | ||
I feel competent to assess a person who is transgender in a therapeutic setting. | 3.80 (1.64) | People who dress opposite to their biological sex have a perversion.b | 6.64 (0.94) | ||
I have experience working with transgender clients/patients. | 3.19 (1.91) | I would be morally uncomfortable working with a LGBT client/patient.b | 6.72 (0.85) | ||
Total | 3.82 (1.25) | 6.54 (0.86) | 5.73 (1.01) |