Overview
Type: Views on gender roles in general
Citation: Delevi R and Bugay A. Assessing reliability and validity of the 15-item short version of the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (AWS) among Turkish students. J Int Womens Stud. 2013; 13(1): 263-272.
Use of Scale: Develop/ validate
Level of Generality: General
# of Items: 12
Availability: Partial
Theme: Gender/social norms
Demographics
Region: Europe, Central Asia
Country: Turkey
Gender: Male, Female
Urban / Rural: NR
Ethnicity: NR
Age Group: Adults only (18+)
Age Range: 18 to 26
Scale Information
# of Subscales: NR
Subscale Name(s): NR
Direction and Meaning:
Response Range: 4-point Likert type scale (value not indicated)
Internal Consistency: Cronbach's alpha: 0.81
Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NA
Test-retest Reliability: NA
Sample Items: "Swearing and obscenity are more repulsive in the speech of a woman than a man"; "Under modern economic conditions with women being active outside the home, men should stare in household tasks such as washing dishes and doing laundry"; "Women should worry less about their rights and more about becoming good wives and mothers"