TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive measure of attitudes and behaviour
T2 - Development of the Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale
AU - Sudkämper, Antonia
AU - Ryan, Michelle K.
AU - Kirby, Teri A.
AU - Morgenroth, Thekla
N1 - Funding Information:
The studies were funded by the ESRC SWDTP PhD Studentship awarded to the first author. The work was further funded by a European Commission, Grant/Award Number: 725128 awarded to the second author and by an Economic and Social Research Council, Grant/Award Number: ES/S00274X/1 awarded to the third author.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - In this article, we develop and validate the 16-item Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale across four studies. Drawing on exploratory (Study 1, n = 322) and confirmatory (Study 2, n = 358; Study 4, n = 192) factor analysis, we determine a two-factor structure: public and domestic support for gender equality. In Study 3 (n = 146) and Study 4, we validate the scale by establishing its relationship with, among others, several prominent measures of sexism, a behavioural measure, and social desirability. The scale fills a psychometric gap in the literature: To date, no validated measure of support for gender equality, measuring both attitudes and behavioural intentions and focusing specifically on men, exists. Considering the recent increase in interest in men as allies of the feminist movement the scale functions as a useful tool to explore the topic in depth in future research.
AB - In this article, we develop and validate the 16-item Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale across four studies. Drawing on exploratory (Study 1, n = 322) and confirmatory (Study 2, n = 358; Study 4, n = 192) factor analysis, we determine a two-factor structure: public and domestic support for gender equality. In Study 3 (n = 146) and Study 4, we validate the scale by establishing its relationship with, among others, several prominent measures of sexism, a behavioural measure, and social desirability. The scale fills a psychometric gap in the literature: To date, no validated measure of support for gender equality, measuring both attitudes and behavioural intentions and focusing specifically on men, exists. Considering the recent increase in interest in men as allies of the feminist movement the scale functions as a useful tool to explore the topic in depth in future research.
KW - gender equality
KW - male allies
KW - masculinity
KW - scale development
KW - sexism
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U2 - 10.1002/ejsp.2629
DO - 10.1002/ejsp.2629
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074934296
SN - 0046-2772
VL - 50
SP - 256
EP - 277
JO - European Journal of Social Psychology
JF - European Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -