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AuthorAl-Ghanim, Kaltham A.
AuthorBadahdah, Abdallah M.
Available date2017-09-18T10:26:04Z
Publication Date2017-08
Publication NameSex Roles
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0722-y
CitationKaltham A. Al-Ghanim, Abdallah M. Badahdah. "Gender Roles in the Arab World: Development and Psychometric Properties of the Arab Adolescents Gender Roles Attitude Scale." Sex Roles. August 2017 vol. 77, issue 3-4, pp.169-177
ISSN0360-0025
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/5640
AbstractScant research has been conducted on gender in the Arab world; one explanation is due to a lack of Arabic measures on gender-related issues. To advance scientific work on gender in the Arab world, we developed the Arab Adolescents Gender Roles Attitude Scale (AAGRAS), the first known reliable and valid Arabic measure of gender-role attitudes. To develop this measure, we conducted two studies based on data collected from 776 high school students 15–19 years-old from the state of Qatar. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis produced 12 items divided equally into two subscales. One subscale assesses traditional gender-role attitudes, whereas the other measures egalitarian gender-role attitudes. Our findings indicate that young men are more likely to resist gender equality than young women are. Moreover, those who hold traditional attitudes are more likely to disapprove of women occupying positions of authority. The AAGRAS is a useful assessment tool that policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and educators can use to study gender-role attitudes in the Arab world and to develop educational and intervention programs that encourage adolescents to identify, confront, and avoid prejudice and discrimination against women and ultimately adopt more egalitarian gender roles.
SponsorThis project was supported by a grant from the former Supreme Council for Family Affairs in the State of Qatar.
Languageen
PublisherSpringer
SubjectAdolescence
Sexism
Gender roles
Arab
Egalitarian
Measurement
Sex-role attitudes
TitleGender Roles in the Arab World: Development and Psychometric Properties of the Arab Adolescents Gender Roles Attitude Scale
TypeArticle
Pagination169-177
Issue Number3-4
Volume Number77
ESSN1573-2762


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