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Acceptance of Double Standard Scale

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Overview

Type: Views on gender roles in general: gender hostile beliefs

Citation: Stulhofer, A. et al. An assessment of HIV/STI vulnerability and related sexual risk-taking in a nationally representative sample of young Croatian adults. Archives of Sex Behavior. 2009; 38: 209-225.

Use of Scale: Measure

Level of Generality: General

# of Items Reported: 6

Availability: Partial

Theme: Gender/social norms, SRH/HIV

Demographics

Region: Europe

Country: Croatia

Gender: Female

Urban / Rural: nr

Ethnicity: NR

Age Group: Adults only (18+)

Age Range: 18 to 24

Scale Information

# of Subscales: NR

Subscale Name(s): NR

Direction and Meaning:

Response Range: 5 point Likert Scale (value not indicated)

Internal Consistency: Cronbach's alpha: 0.86

Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NA

Test-retest Reliability: NA

Sample Items: "Women should be less sexually experienced than men."

Items

  • Women should be less sexually experienced than men.
  • A man should be the one who initiates sex.

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