The Relationship Between Youngsters’ Gender Role Attitudes and Individual, Home, and School Characteristics

Halimi, Myriam; Consuegra, Els; Struyven, Katrien; Engels, Nadine

doi:10.1177/2158244016656230

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“…not just those concerned with decision making). This extends prior population‐level research where investigation of this differential has been limited to measures of household decision making (Pepin & Cotter, 2018) and conflict between women's roles in the workplace and as mothers (Halimi et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Although there are numerous scales to measure GI (Davis & Greenstein, 2009; Halimi et al, 2016), in this section, we focus on findings from population‐level surveys, which, due to their robust sampling procedures, facilitate population inferences. However, population studies have some limitations when compared to smaller studies as they generally require measurement parsimony (to contain interview length) and continuity in item wording over survey waves (if measuring change over time) (Walter, 2018).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How are gender inequality and violence against women related? Findings from a population‐level community attitudes survey

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Ward²,

Diemer

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Aust J Social Issues

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Low support for gender equality (GE) predicts attitudes supporting violence against women (VAW). However, little is known about the influence of attitudes toward different manifestations of GE. This study extends knowledge by assessing the relative strength of attitudes to GE across seven theoretically derived dimensions, and their association with attitudes toward VAW. 17,542 Australians participated in the 2017 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey. Population means were calculated for the following scales formed from survey questions: the Community Attitudes Supportive of Violence Against Women Scale (CASVAWS), the Gender Equality Attitudes Scale (GEAS) and measures within the GEAS representing the theoretical dimensions. There was variation in support for GE between the measures. The lower the support for GE, the higher the support for VAW. Although all GEAS measures included in regression modelling contributed to variance in the CASVAWS, two accounted for more than half. The study suggests benefits in using a multidimensional model of GE to mitigate cultural | 375 WEBSTER ET al.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

How are gender inequality and violence against women related? Findings from a population‐level community attitudes survey

Webster

Ward²,

Diemer

et al. 2021

Aust J Social Issues

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“…Finally, the results of this work add more evidence to the abundant literature establishing that men are significantly more traditional (Blázquez-Alonso et al, 2019;Bugay et al, 2019;Halimi et al, 2016). In this context, it is striking that the first and third most difficult ideas to modify are the only which refer exclusively to stereotypes of male.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

“…Recent studies relate this traditional mentality with, for example, dating violence (Bringas-Molleda et al, 2017;Carrascosa et al, 2019;García-Cueto et al, 2015;Gracia-Leiva et al, 2019: Martínez-Gómez et al, 2021Pérez et al, 2020), intimate partner violence attitude (Evcili & Daglar, 2021), sexual double standard (Kim et al, 2019;Martínez-Gómez et al, 2021), or the agreement with conservative policies and the hierarchy and inequality in society (Bugay et al, 2019). Furthermore, in both western and non-western societies, men have a more traditional mentality than women (Blázquez-Alonso et al, 2019;Bugay et al, 2019;Halimi et al, 2016). Cotter, Hermsen, and Vaneman (2011) argue that we live in an emergent cultural frame called egalitarian essentialism.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Gender Role Attitude Scale (GRAS) as an alternative for the crisis in measurement of attitudes towards gender roles in Latin America: A study in Chilean university students

Pérez-Sánchez¹,

Concha-Salgado

Fernández-Suárez

et al. 2021

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Hemos experimentado cambios socioculturales que han favorecido el desarrollo de actitudes de roles de género (GRA) más igualitarias. Sin embargo, actualmente la revolución en los roles de género está incompleta y la falta de equidad en las estructuras sociales limita las experiencias individuales en igualdad. Ante esta realidad, la comunidad científica exige un sistema modernizado para medir GRA. Presentamos adaptación, evidencia de validez factorial y convergente, precisión, efecto techo y piso, normas de interpretación por sexo, y análisis del GRA más fácil y difícil de modificar, para la Escala de Actitudes de Rol de Género (EARG) en muestra de 1013 universitarios chilenos. La EARG tiene una estructura bifactorial que evalúa actitudes estereotipadas y trascendentes en contextos familiares, sociales y laborales. Presenta validez convergente con una medida de doble estándar sexual y es más confiable en puntajes bajos de trascendencia y puntajes altos de actitudes estereotipadas. El factor trascendente tuvo un efecto techo, y las actitudes estereotipadas un efecto suelo. Los roles familiares de género son los más fáciles de cambiar, y los relacionados con el trabajo los más difíciles. Se discute la necesidad de un cambio estructural para reactivar la revolución de los roles de género en Chile. We have experienced sociocultural changes, which have favoured the development of egalitarian gender role attitudes (GRA). Nevertheless, the revolution in gender roles is incomplete, and the lack of equity in social structures limits the individual experiences in equality. In the face of this reality, the scientific community is demanding a modernised system for measuring GRA. We present adaptation, evidence of factorial and convergent validity, accuracy, ceiling and floor effect, norms of interpretation by sex, and analyses of the GRA easiest or most difficult to modify, for the Gender Role Attitudes Scale (GRAS) in a sample of 1013 Chilean university students. The GRAS has a two-factor structure that allows the evaluation of stereotyped and transcendent attitudes of gender roles in family, social, and work contexts. The scale presents convergent validity with a sexual double standard measure and is more reliable in the low scores of transcendence and the high scores of stereotyped attitudes. Transcendent factor had a ceiling effect, and stereotyped attitudes had a floor effect. Family gender roles are the easiest to change, and work-related roles the most difficult. The authors discuss the need for a structural change to reactivate the revolution of gender roles in Chile.

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“…Social influences included education, work, and digital media access. Several studies have observed the effect of education on gender role attitudes [ 36 , 37 ], although some have noted that increased schooling does not always enhance gender egalitarian views [ 38 , 39 ]. In our study, educational attainment led to significantly more equitable gender attitudes among older girls and older boys, however, effect sizes were relatively small.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

What shapes gender attitudes among adolescent girls and boys? Evidence from the UDAYA Longitudinal Study in India

2021

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Introduction The role of gender norms in shaping education and work opportunities, distribution of power and resources, and health and wellbeing is well recognised. However, rigorous studies in low- and middle-income countries on when and how norms change over time and what factors shape adolescents’ and young adult’s gender attitudes are limited. This paper explores the factors that determine adolescents’ gender attitudes, as well as patterns in gender attitude shifts over time among younger and older adolescent boys and girls in India. Data and methods Data presented in this paper were drawn from a unique longitudinal study of adolescents aged 10–19 (Understanding the lives of adolescent and young adults–UDAYA study) in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India, conducted during 2015–2016 (wave 1) and 2018–2019 (wave 2). The analysis presented in this paper drew on data from 4,428 boys and 7,607 girls who were aged 10–19 and unmarried at wave 1 and interviewed at both rounds of the survey. We used univariate and bivariate analyses to examine changes in adolescents’ gender role attitudes over time and the association between explanatory variables and gender role attitudes. We also used linear fixed effects regression models to identify factors that shape adolescents’ gender role attitudes. Results Gender role attitudes became more egalitarian over time among boys and girls, except among the older cohort of boys in our study. Among both younger and older cohorts, girls/young women held more egalitarian views than boys/young men and this pattern held over time for both cohorts. Factors that influenced gender role attitudes differed for younger and older adolescents, particularly among boys. While some predictors differed for boys and girls, there were substantial similarities as well. Gender attitudes were affected by factors at the individual, family, peer, and societal levels, as well as by community engagement. Conclusions Our findings show that it is possible to shift gender attitudes toward greater equity and, in so doing, contribute to improved health and rights.

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The Relationship Between Youngsters’ Gender Role Attitudes and Individual, Home, and School Characteristics

Cited by 30 publications

References 88 publications

How are gender inequality and violence against women related? Findings from a population‐level community attitudes survey

How are gender inequality and violence against women related? Findings from a population‐level community attitudes survey

The Gender Role Attitude Scale (GRAS) as an alternative for the crisis in measurement of attitudes towards gender roles in Latin America: A study in Chilean university students

What shapes gender attitudes among adolescent girls and boys? Evidence from the UDAYA Longitudinal Study in India

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