Part 1:
O'Neil, J. M., Egan, J., Owen, S. V., & Murry, V. M. (1993). The Gender Role Journey Measure: Scale development and psychometric evaluation. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 28(3-4), 167-185.
https://ucsf.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00299279
I chose the gender role journey measure originally published in 1993. This scale has been modified by subsequent researchers to be more appropriate to specific populetions (studies of men on masculinities and African American women are two examples I have recently seen). This tool was an important theoretical advancement in measurement of gender changes throughout the lifecycle, rather than trying to simply explain a person's gender as a static individual attribute or an investigations into how gender is acquired. The authors conceptualize a gender journey as a recognition of the ways in which the pathology of sexism has informed the construction of a gender identity, internalized sexism, and defined boundaries of possibility. They define the phases of this journey as: (1) acceptance of traditional gender roles, (2) ambivalence, (3) anger, (4) activism, and (5) celebration and integration of gender roles. The instrument was validated with a undergraduate and graduate student population which were retested two weeks apart. Additional comparisons were made to existing gender assessment tools. This evaluation could have been improved with focus group interviews regarding the instrument and inclusion of a more diverse validation sample. Further, the theoretical framing of this scale is dependent on a dichotomous binary understanding of gender informed only by sexism with the limitation of not including an intersectional evaluation of racism, cissexism, heterosexism, class, or nationality/citizenship status.
Part 2:
Hatzenbuehler, M.L., McLaughlin, K.A., Keyes, K.M., & Hasin, D.S. (2010). The impact of institutional discrimination on psychiatric disorders in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: A prospective study. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 452-459
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820062/
I am interested in the health effect of stigma on individuals and the resultant physiologic burden. I chose this paper by a prominent researcher in this field evaluating the effect of statewide anti-same-sex marriage legislation on LGB-identified residents of those states. The outcome measured was on a nationally administrated longitudinal survey of alcohol and related conditions. The reference group was straight-identified people, but also a time-series change over time. I think the comparison to straight-identified people does not make sense but I do think the value of assessing LGB-people at two time points and using this comparison is very helpful. They offer absoluate and relative measures, which I think is appropriate for this research question.