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Reliability, validity, and cross-cultural comparisons for the simplified attitudes toward women scale

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This article investigates the use of the simplified version of the Attitudes Toward Women Scale with 278 American adults taken from the general population. Normative data and estimates of internal consistency reliability are reported, both for the overall sample and for selected subgroups. Females are found to have more liberal sex role attitudes than males, younger people to have more liberal attitudes than older people, and those of higher social status to have more liberal attitudes than those of lower status, supporting the construct validity of the scale. A cross-cultural comparison is also made between the scores of British and American women.

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Nelson, M.C. Reliability, validity, and cross-cultural comparisons for the simplified attitudes toward women scale. Sex Roles 18, 289–296 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288291

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