Citation

Recio P, Cuadrado I, Ramos E. Psicothema 2007; 19(3): 522-528.

Vernacular Title

Propiedades psicometricas de la Escala de Deteccion de Sexismo en Adolescentes

Affiliation

Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain. reciop@psi.uned.es

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo, Publisher Colegio Oficial de Psicológicas de Asturias)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17617994

Abstract

In this article, it is assumed that gender violence, or violence against women, has mainly a sociocultural basis. A scale (Adolescent Sexism Detection; ASD) to detect sexism in adolescents was developed and its psychometric properties were analysed. 245 adolescents between 14 and 17 years of age participated in the study. As a result of the factor analyses carried out, the hostile and benevolent dimensions of sexism were clearly differentiated. Convergent validity of the scale was confirmed by its high correlations with the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI). Participants scored higher in benevolent than in hostile sexism, an effect even stronger in female participants. These findings suggest that the ASD scale is a valid instrument to measure sexism among adolescents. The main findings of this study are compared to those obtained in other studies using the ASI. The potential of this scale to appropriately detect sexism among adolescents is discussed.

Language: es