Evaluating measures of contemporary sexism
Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3463-5704
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
89
Last Page
102
DOI
10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00102.x
Abstract
Two recently published measures of contemporary sexist attitudes were examined and compared with a sample of 106 Canadian college students. Swim, Aikin, Hall, and Hunter's (1995) Modern Sexism scale was found to be an acceptable measure of sexist attitudes in terms of its internal reliability and its ability to predict other gender-related political attitudes. Although the Modern Sexism scale and the Neosexism scale (Tougas, Brown, Beaton, & Joly, 1995) were equally good at predicting support for the feminist movement and attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, the Neosexism scale had better internal reliability and exhibited stronger gender differences. Moreover, the Neosexism scale was superior at predicting value orientations relevant to modern prejudices.
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Bernadette; Schellenberg, E. Glenn; and Senn, Charlene Y.. (1997). Evaluating measures of contemporary sexism. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21 (1), 89-102.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/psychologypub/71