Overview
Type: Personal adherence to gender roles
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: 30
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: 3
Subscale Name(s): Masculinity; Femininity; Neutral
Direction and Meaning:
Response Range: 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1=almost never true to 7=almost always true
Internal Consistency: NA
Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NA
Test-retest Reliability: NA
Sample Items: Masculine scale traits: e.g., "assertive, strong personality, and dominant"; Feminine scale traits e.g.," emotional, sympathetic and understanding" ; Neutral traits e.g., "conscientious, unpredictable, and reliable"