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Attitudes Towards Women Scale (AWS)

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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 Reported: 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"

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