Support and opposition to the Women's Liberation Movement: Some personality and parental correlates

Worell, Judith; Worell, Leonard

doi:10.1016/0092-6566(77)90025-3

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“…Low positive correlations were expected between the FWM and the three subscales of the PAQ, based on prior research (e.g., Belk & Snell, 1986) and to ensure that the FWM does not tap personal gender role 30-41) (n = 61-76) (n = 91-117 characteristics instead of subjective feelings about feminism. In addition, a low negative correlation was predicted between dogmatism (Troldahl & Powell, 1965) and the FWM, consistent with past findings that have documented a negative relationship between authoritarianism and profeminist attitudes (e.g., Pawlicki & Almquist, 1973;Whitehead & Tawes, 1976;Worell & Worell, 1977). Finally, a negligible relationship was expected between the FWM and the M-CSDS, which would suggest that the FWM is not susceptible to social desirability influences, and again consistent with prior research (e.g., Belk & Snell, 1986).…”

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Development and Testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale

Fassinger

1994

Psychology of Women Quarterly

107

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This article outlines the development and testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale, a brief measure of affective attitudes toward the feminist movement. Thurstone's (1 959) method of equal-appearing intervals was used initially to create the final 1 O-item summated rating (Likert) scale. Establishment of internal consistency reliability and construct (convergent and discriminant) validity was determined on a sample of 11 7 female and male college students. Results suggested a highly internally consistent and valid attitudinal measure. Additional evidence for the validity of the FWM is discussed in terms of research in which it has been successfully used.Attitude theory typically defines attitude as a tendency to locate some entity or "attitude object" along an evaluative dimension of unfavorability/favorability, expressed in the three components of affect, cognitions, and behavior (Eagly & Mladinic, 1989). The attitude object in the present studyfeminism and the women's movementhas been credited with important gains in personal, political, and economic power for women. However, a concurrent and vicious backlash (Faludi, 1991) has also linked the feminist movement to the downfall of the American family and a rise in personal and societal discontent. Thus, it appears that this attitude

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Development and Testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale

Fassinger

1994

Psychology of Women Quarterly

107

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“…Thus, this study showedfeminism to be the third of four choices of terminology. Numerous scales exist to measure attitudes toward feminist-movement issues (Elmore, Brodsky, & Naffziger, 1975;Follingstad, Robinson, & Pugh, 1977;Gilbert, Warner, & Cable 1975;Goldberg, 1976;Goldschmidt, Gergen, Quigley, & Gergen, 1974;Hymer, 1972;Jacobson, Anderson, Berletich, & Berdahl, 1976;Kirkpatrick, 1936;Lieberman, Solow, Bond, & Reibstein, 1979;Peterson, 1975;Sarup, 1976;Singer, 1974;Smith, Ferree, & Miller, 1975;Worell & Worell, 1977;and Zatlin, 1972). All of these instruments, however, measure an individual's agreement or disagreement with the goals and issues of "feminism," the ideology.…”

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Attributions of the Term Feminist: A Factor Analytic Development of a Measuring Instrument

Berryman-Fink

Verderber

1985

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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This study attempts to develop a measure of the attributions of the term feminist. Seven hundred and sixty‐eight undergraduate students (361 males and 407 females) completed a 91‐item semantic differential test relevant to the label feminist. Principal components analysis with orthogonal rotation produced five factors indicating that when the term feminist is used, attributions of General Evaluation, Behavioral Characteristics, Political Orientation, Sexual Preference, and Gender Classification are likely to be made. Factor analysis of split halves of the sample shows an internal replication and consequently, a stability of the obtained factor structure. This study presents students’ judgments on specific items defining these factors, thereby indicating the evaluative associations of the term.

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“…The data demonstrate a very consistent pattern that those who are resistant to social change in the area of sex-role behavior are more rigid, express greater religiosity, are less trusting of people, more self-deprecating, and more likely to manifest feelings of powerlessness. WoreU and Worell (1977) point out that according to research on authoritarianism and dogmatism, resistance to change appears to be motivated by fear or anxiety. In the case of sex-role attitudes and behavior, the soiurce of the fear may stem from a rigid conceptual system in which "the new pattems of social behavior suggested by the women's movement present a degree of risk-taking and uncertainty to which the individual cannot easily accommodate" (p. 12).…”

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Personality correlates of attitudes toward the role and status of women in Ireland¹

Fine-Davis

1979

Journal of Personality

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the possible relationships between personality and related social-psyehologieal eharacteristics, on the one hand, and attitudes toward sex-roles and issues relevant to the status of women, on the other. The sample consisted of 420 male and female Dublin adults aged 18 to 65, who were randomly selected within stratification categories. Factor analytically derived measures of personality and related social-psychological characteristics were developed as well as similarly derived measures of attitudes toward the role and status of women. Composite scores on these two sets of factors were intercorrelated for the total sample and for males and females separately. The correlational analyses revealed that traditional sex-role attitudes and less favorable attitudes to equal pay, contraception, and maternal employment were significantly correlated with measures of religiosity. Traditional attitudes and opposition to social change in the area of sex-role behavior were also found to be positively correlated with less trust in people, feelings of self-deprecation and powerlessness, and a need for order and predictability. Analysis of variance and path analysis were used to explore the possible mediating role played by demographic characteristics, such as age and socioeconomic status, in these relationships.

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Support and opposition to the Women's Liberation Movement: Some personality and parental correlates

Cited by 20 publications

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Development and Testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale

Development and Testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale

Attributions of the Term Feminist: A Factor Analytic Development of a Measuring Instrument

Personality correlates of attitudes toward the role and status of women in Ireland¹

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Support and opposition to the Women's Liberation Movement: Some personality and parental correlates

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Development and Testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale

Development and Testing of the Attitudes Toward Feminism and the Women's Movement (FWM) Scale

Attributions of the Term Feminist: A Factor Analytic Development of a Measuring Instrument

Personality correlates of attitudes toward the role and status of women in Ireland1

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