Development and validation of Swedish classical and modern sexism scales

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-314

  Ekehammar, Bo ^a   Akrami, Nazar ^b   Araya, Tadesse ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classical sexism; Construct validity; Gender differences; Modern sexism; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034540816     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00203     Document Type: Article

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