Assessing reliability and validity of the 15-item short version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale among Turkish students

Assessing reliability and validity of the 15-item short version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale among Turkish students

The purpose of the present study was to adapt the 15-item short version of Attitude toward Women Scale (AWS) (Spence & Helmreich, 1978) into Turkish by first doing the translation of its items and then by investigating its preliminary psychometric properties. AWS and Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of international women's studies 2013-01, Vol.14 (1), p.263
Hauptverfasser: Delevi, Raquel, Bugay, Asli
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Attitude Measures
Attitudes
College Students
Females
Gender differences
Sex role
Sex Roles
Socioeconomic factors
Student Attitudes
Surveys
Translation
Turkey
Turkish language
Validity
Women
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of the present study was to adapt the 15-item short version of Attitude toward Women Scale (AWS) (Spence & Helmreich, 1978) into Turkish by first doing the translation of its items and then by investigating its preliminary psychometric properties. AWS and Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) were administered to Turkish college students. Factor structures, convergent validity, and internal reliability were investigated across two independent samples. Result revealed satisfactory internal reliability, convergent and construct validity for the 12-item short version in both samples, suggesting that the scale can be used as a reliable instrument in the Turkish culture to assess attitudes towards women. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1539-8706
1539-8706