The Validity، Reliability and Factor Structure of the Short Version of Attitude toward Women Scale

Subject Areas : Psychology

Negar  Sadeghi ¹ (Kharazmi university Tehran, Department of Psychology, Tehran, Iran.)
Negar  Sadeghi ² (Kharazmi university Tehran, Department of Psychology, Tehran, Iran.)
Alireza  Moradi ³ (Kharazmi university Tehran, Department of Psychology, Tehran, Iran.)
Shahram  Mohammadkhani ⁴ (Kharazmi university Tehran, Department of Psychology, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2017-03-08 Accepted : 2017-05-29 Published : 2017-06-22

Keywords: validity, Attitude toward Women Scale, factor analysis, reliability,

Abstract :

The aim of the present study was to examine the validity, reliability and factor structure of the 15-items short version of Attitude toward Women Scale (AWS) (Spence & Helmreich, 1978). The Persian short version of AWS was administrated on Kharazmi students (150 females, 100males)that was selected using multi-stage cluster random sampling. The validity of the scale was assessed by Explanatory factor analysis and convergent validity. Explanatory Factor analyses indicated one factor model. Moreover, convergent validity of the AWS with the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) was satisfactory .also The Cronbach’s alpha(0/60) and item-rest correlations indicated that reliability of the scale was satisfactory. According to these results, The Persian short version of Attitude toward Women Scale (AWS) may be a useful tool in assessing gender role attitudes and can be used gender studies in Iran.

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