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- Title
THE DIMENSIONALITY OF THE 15 ITEM ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN SCALE.
- Authors
Whatley, Mark A.
- Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factor structure of the 15 item Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS). College undergraduates (n = 360; 50% female) were given Spence and Helmreich's (1978) short, 15 item version of the AWS. The results of the factor analyses suggest that the AWS is measuring a unitary attitude toward women in American society and remains unidimensional for both male and female participants. Results also show a positive shift in attitudes toward the roles and rights of women by both men and women. Researchers requiring an attitudes toward women measure will find the 15 item AWS practical.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMERICAN women; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SOCIAL conditions of women; GENDER differences (Psychology); GENDER; FACTOR analysis
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 1/2, p265
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article