Internalized Homophobia and Self - esteem among Sexual Minority Women in Vietnam

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the association between internalized homophobia, and self-esteem among sexual minority women in Vietnam. In this study, two key scales to measure those factors were applied, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (1995) and the Internalized Homophobia Inventory (Nguyên et al. 2016). Through an Online survey, we collected a sample of 302 women. The participants self-identified as lesbian, bisexual, or other sexual minority women, and had an average age of 21.23. The results indicated that there were significant distinctions among four groups which had sexual interactions with varies partners (only male, only female, male and female, no partners).